Hamburg Open: Potapova advances to second round
Anastasia Potapova won against Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 6-3 on Monday and will play the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle and German wildcard Eva Lys in the next round
Anastasia Potapova moved into the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against No 6 seed Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 6-3 at Am Rothenbaum in Hambourg on Monday.
Potapova, ranked No 63, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle and German wildcard Eva Lys next.
Hambourg WTA 250, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Joanne Zuger vs. Jule Niemeier
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Bernarda Pera
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Sabine Lisicki
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Irina Bara
- Nastasja Schunk vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Andrea Petkovic
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Eva Lys
- Alexandra Ignatik vs. Nao Hibino
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Suzan Lamens
- Kateryna Baindl vs. Rebecca Peterson: monday
- Magdalena Frech beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-1 ret.
- Misaki Doi vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva: monday
- 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
