Papamichail reaches second round at Budapest

Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail reached the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by beating Hungarian Dalma Galfi 7-6 (4), 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Tuesday.

Papamichail, ranked No 195, will face Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 9 seed, next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Shuai Zhang
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Laura Pigossi
• Ana Bogdan vs. Panna Udvardy
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: tuesday
• Anna Bondar beat Jesika Maleckova (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Reka-Luca Jani (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (2) beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Laura Siegemund: 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5) beat Fanny Stollar (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Kateryna Baindl (Q) beat Timea Babos (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (7): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-4, 6-1