Grand Est Open: Ponchet into second round
Jessika Ponchet won against Andrea Lazaro Garcia 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Frenchwoman Jessika Ponchet advanced to the second round of the Grand Est Open by beating Spaniard Andrea Lazaro Garcia 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville on Tuesday afternoon.
Ponchet, ranked No 222, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin, the No 4 seed, next.
Contrexéville WTA 125, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Erika Andreeva vs. Oceane Dodin: tuesday
- Anna Blinkova beat Stefanie Voegele (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (3) beat Bernarda Pera: 0-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Dalma Galfi (6) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Alexandra Ignatik beat Margaux Rouvroy (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Olga Danilovic beat Varvara Gracheva (2): 6-4, 6-2
- Sara Errani beat Oksana Selekhmeteva: 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-2, 6-3
- Arantxa Rus (5) beat Julie Gervais (WC): 6-0, 6-3
- Anna Bondar (1) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-4, 6-2
- Lena Papadakis (Q) beat Zoe Hives: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elsa Jacquemot beat Katie Volynets (8): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Camilla Rosatello (Q) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)
- Olivia Gadecki beat Audrey Albie (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Alice Robbe (Q) beat Ylena In-Albon (7): 7-6 (5), 6-4
