Montevideo Open: Papamichail advances to second round

Greek Despina Papamichail reached the second round of the Montevideo Open by winning against American Victoria Hu 6-4, 6-2 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Papamichail, ranked No 221, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the top seed, and Russian Amina Anshba 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
• Miriam Bulgaru (6) beat Anna Rogers (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• 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