Hungarian Open: Defending champion Timofeeva beats Waltert to reach second round
The Russian will face Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the next round
Russian Maria Timofeeva beat Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert 7-5, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.
Timofeeva, ranked No 103, will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next. The Russian is the defending champion this week.
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
- 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
- Elina Avanesyan beat Magdalena Frech (5): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- 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
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