Hungarian Grand Prix: Sasnovich beats local qualifier to reach second round

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by defeating Hungarian qualifier Fanny Stollar 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday evening.

Sasnovich, ranked No 36, will face American qualifier Bernarda Pera next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round results (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
• Despina Papamichail vs. Dalma Galfi
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
• Anna Bondar vs. Jesika Maleckova
• Reka-Luca Jani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Natalia Szabanin vs. Martina Trevisan
• Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic
• Kateryna Baindl (Q) beat Timea Babos (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera 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