Open d’Angers: Gracheva moves into second round

Russian Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, won against French wildcard Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Open d’Angers at Arena Loire in Trélazé on Tuesday.

Gracheva, ranked No 94, will play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.

Trélazé WTA 125, other first-round results (Arena Loire, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Magali Kempen vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Diane Parry
• Emeline Dartron vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Shuai Zhang vs. Alycia Parks
• Katrina Scott vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Karolina Muchova vs. Clara Burel
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Sofia Kenin
• Clara Tauson beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Tatjana Maria (4): 7-5, 6-1
• Viktoriya Tomova (7) beat Joanna Garland (Q): 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Anna Blinkova (6) beat Joanne Zuger: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Jessika Ponchet (WC) beat Katarina Zavatska: 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3)
• Tamara Korpatsch (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Yanina Wickmayer: 6-1, 7-6 (5)