Montevideo Open: Sierra advances to second round

Argentinian Solana Sierra, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Montevideo Open by defeating Brazilian wildcard Carolina Bohrer Martins 6-4, 6-1 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Sierra, ranked No 193, will play the winner of the match between Uruguayan wildcard Juliana Rodriguez and Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze 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
• Juliana Rodriguez vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze: tuesday
• Polona Hercog vs. Varvara Lepchenko: tuesday
• 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