Linz Open: Martic moves into second round

Croat Petra Martic, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the Linz Open by defeating Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera 6-1, 7-5 at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday.

Martic, ranked No 34, will play Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck next.

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

• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Bernarda Pera vs. Dalma Galfi
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• 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