Bencic tops Parry to reach second round at Lausanne

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the second seed, won against Frenchwoman Diane Parry 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Lausanne Open at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Tuesday evening.

Bencic, ranked No 13, will play Swiss wildcard Susan Bandecchi next.

The Swiss is the highest seed remaining after top-seeded American Danielle Collins was defeated by Swiss wild card Simona Waltert, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(6).

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After dropping the opener and falling behind 1-0 in the second set, Bencic won 12 of the final 15 games against the 19-year-old Frenchwoman, including the final six games of the match.

Lausanne WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Tatjana Maria
• Petra Martic beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (5): 6-2, 6-2
• Simona Waltert (WC) beat Danielle Collins (1): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Caroline Garcia (6) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
• Eva Lys (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 7-5, 6-4
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Irina-Camelia Begu (3) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-4, 6-2
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Misaki Doi: 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Burel beat Lin Zhu: 6-0, 6-1
• Susan Bandecchi beat Oceane Dodin: 6-2, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Tamara Zidansek (7): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3
• Jule Niemeier beat Ylena In-Albon: 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 7-6 (1)