Hungarian Grand Prix: Rakhimova to meet Tsurenko in second round

Russian Kamilla Rakhimova moved into the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by winning against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.

Rakhimova, ranked No 107, will face Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko next.

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

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