Open d’Angers: Ponchet into second round

French wildcard Jessika Ponchet advanced to the second round of the Open d’Angers by edging out Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3) at Arena Loire in Trélazé on Monday evening.

Ponchet, ranked No 172, will face the winner of the match between German Tatjana Maria, the No 4 seed, and Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen 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
• Tatjana Maria vs. Greet Minnen
• Joanna Garland vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Joanne Zuger
• Tamara Korpatsch (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Yanina Wickmayer: 6-1, 7-6 (5)