Lausanne Open: Waltert books spot in second round
Simona Waltert edged out Danielle Collins 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Tuesday and will face Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa in the next round
Swiss wildcard Simona Waltert moved into the second round of the Lausanne Open by edging out American Danielle Collins, the top seed, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6) at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Tuesday afternoon.
Waltert, ranked No 154, will face Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa 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
- Petra Martic beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (5): 6-2, 6-2
- 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 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)
