Hungarian Open: Waltert defeated in first round

Russian Maria Timofeeva defeated Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert 7-5, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday afternoon.

Timofeeva, ranked No 103, will face Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.

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

• 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
• 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