Linz Open: Giorgi advances to second round

Italy’s Camila Giorgi advanced to the second round of the Linz Open by beating Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2 at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.

Giorgi, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, and Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson next.

Linz WTA 250, other first-round results (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Potapova (8) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (7): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Petra Martic (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (2): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Eva Lys (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic
• Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova

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