Hamburg Open: Kontaveit into second round
Anett Kontaveit beat Irina Bara 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday evening and will face Swede Rebecca Peterson in the next round
Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the top seed, reached the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against Romanian Irina Bara 6-3, 7-6 (3) at Am Rothenbaum in Hambourg on Tuesday evening.
Kontaveit, ranked No 2, will face Swede Rebecca Peterson next.
Hambourg WTA 250, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Bernarda Pera beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (9): 6-0, 6-4
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Sabine Lisicki (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Joanne Zuger (Q) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (4) beat Nastasja Schunk (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Andrea Petkovic (8) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-3, 6-3
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Eva Lys (WC): 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Alexandra Ignatik (Q) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova (3) beat Suzan Lamens (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Peterson beat Kateryna Baindl (LL): 6-3, 6-0
- Anastasia Potapova beat Varvara Gracheva (6): 7-5, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-1 ret.
- Misaki Doi beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 7-6 (10), 6-0
- Maryna Zanevska (7) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Daria Kasatkina (2): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Laura Pigossi beat Reka Luca Jani: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
