Montevideo Open: Oz fights back against Loeb to make second round

Ipek Oz advanced to the second round of the Montevideo Open by edging out American Jamie Loeb 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Oz, ranked No 241, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Carolina M. Alves and Argentinian Julia Riera, the No 4 seed, next.

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

• Carolina M. Alves vs. Julia Riera
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Raveena Kingsley vs. Ylena In-Albon
• Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Robin Montgomery
• Carolina Bohrer Martins vs. Solana Sierra
• Juliana Rodriguez vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu
• Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba
• Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Taly Licht
• Daria Lodikova vs. Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Gabriela Ce vs. Eva Vedder: monday