Hobart International: Linette moves into second round

Pole Magda Linette, the No 4 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by edging out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Linette, ranked No 38, will face Australian wildcard Maya Joint next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elise Mertens
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Daria Saville
• Renata Zarazua vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Maya Joint beat Olga Danilovic: 6-2, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Lulu Sun (5): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (1) beat Katie Volynets: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Ann Li (Q) beat Sloane Stephens (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Anna Blinkova beat Bernarda Pera: 7-5, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat Yue Yuan (8): 6-2, 6-3
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 7-5, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• McCartney Kessler beat Rebecca Sramkova (7): 6-3, 7-5

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