Lyon Open: Fourth seed Martic advances to second round, beats Mladenovic

Croat Petra Martic, the No 4 seed, edged out French wildcard Kristina Mladenovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Lyon Open at the Palais des Sports de Gerland Lyon on Monday.

Martic, ranked No 36, will face the winner of the match between American Alycia Parks and Austrian Julia Grabher next.

Lyon WTA 250, other first-round results (Palais des Sports de Gerland Lyon, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Rebeka Masarova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ana Bogdan vs. Clara Burel
• Caroline Garcia vs. Tereza Martincova
• Madison Brengle vs. Shuai Zhang
• Alycia Parks vs. Julia Grabher
• Danka Kovinic vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Anna Bondar
• Erika Andreeva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Olga Danilovic vs. Jule Niemeier
• Linda Noskova (Q) beat Garbine Muguruza (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Alize Cornet (3): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Maryna Zanevska beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Mayar Sherif (6) beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-2, 3-2 ret.