Hungarian Open: Avanesyan upsets fifth seed Frech in first round

Russian Elina Avanesyan defeated Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.

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

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• 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