Open d’Angers: Minnen advances to second round
Greet Minnen defeated Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play French wildcard Jessika Ponchet in the next round
Greet Minnen (Photo News / Panoramic)
Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen defeated German Tatjana Maria, the No 4 seed, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Open d’Angers at Arena Loire in Trélazé on Tuesday.
Minnen, ranked No 203, will face French wildcard Jessika Ponchet 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
- Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Clara Tauson vs. Sabine Lisicki
- 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 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)
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