Lausanne Open: Lys moves into second round
Eva Lys beat Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face German Jule Niemeier in the next round
German qualifier Eva Lys reached the second round of the Lausanne Open by beating Russian Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, 7-5, 6-4 at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Tuesday.
Lys, ranked No 217, will play German Jule Niemeier next.
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
- Diane Parry vs. Belinda Bencic
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
- Danielle Collins vs. Simona Waltert
- Anna Blinkova vs. Erika Andreeva
- Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini: tuesday
- 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 (WC) 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)
