Hobart International: Kessler advances to second round

American McCartney Kessler reached the second round of the Hobart International by defeating Slovak Rebecca Sramkova, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.

Kessler, ranked No 67, will face Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle 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
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Magda Linette
• Olga Danilovic vs. Maya Joint
• Lulu Sun vs. Sofia Kenin
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Katie Volynets
• Anna Blinkova vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sloane Stephens vs. Ann Li
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Yue Yuan vs. Camila Osorio
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Lourdes Carle 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

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