Montevideo Open: Bulgaru moves into second round

Romanian Miriam Bulgaru, the No 6 seed, beat American qualifier Anna Rogers 6-1, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Bulgaru, ranked No 199, will face Dutchwoman Eva Vedder next.

Montevideo WTA 125, other first-round results (Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Haley Giavara vs. Renata Zarazua
• Gabriela Lee vs. Lucia De Santa Ana
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Polona Hercog vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Carolina Bohrer Martins vs. Solana Sierra
• Juliana Rodriguez vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu: tuesday
• Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba: tuesday
• Julia Riera (4) beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-3, 6-1
• Ylena In-Albon beat Raveena Kingsley: 6-3, 6-3
• Robin Montgomery beat Leyre Romero Gormaz: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Martina Capurro Taborda (3) beat Taly Licht (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Daria Lodikova beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (8): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Eva Vedder beat Gabriela Ce: 7-5, 6-4
• Ipek Oz beat Jamie Loeb: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4