Montevideo Open: Hercog books spot in second round

Slovenian Polona Hercog won against American qualifier Varvara Lepchenko 7-6 (2), 6-2 to move into the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Hercog, ranked No 272, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle, the No 5 seed, and Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova next.

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

• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Gabriela Lee vs. Lucia De Santa Ana: tuesday
• Haley Giavara vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Ekaterine Gorgodze beat Juliana Rodriguez (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Solana Sierra (7) beat Carolina Bohrer Martins (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Miriam Bulgaru (6) beat Anna Rogers (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Despina Papamichail beat Victoria Hu: 6-4, 6-2
• Diane Parry (1) beat Amina Anshba: 7-5, 6-3
• 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