Hungarian Open: Fifth seed Frech knocked out in first round

Russian Elina Avanesyan reached the second round of the Hungarian Open by beating Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday night.

Avanesyan, ranked No 75, will play Spaniard Rebeka Masarova next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267,082):

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Viktoriya Tomova (2): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Maria Timofeeva beat Simona Waltert (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Gergana Topalova (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Rebeka Masarova beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Carole Monnet (Q) beat Amarissa Toth (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-0
• Olga Danilovic vs. Anna Bondar
• Xiyu Wang vs. Anca Todoni
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ella Seidel vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Fanny Stollar
• Eva Lys vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Miriam Bulgaru
• Ekaterina Makarova vs. Timea Babos