Open de Limoges: Blinkova advances to second round
Anna Blinkova won against Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday evening and will play the winner of the match between Belgian Greet Minnen and American Elizabeth Mandlik in the next round
Russian Anna Blinkova advanced to the second round of the Open de Limoges by beating American wildcard Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-4 at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc on Sunday evening.
Blinkova, ranked No 80, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Greet Minnen and American Elizabeth Mandlik next.
Limoges WTA 125, other first-round results (Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, EUR 92.742, most recent results first):
- Erika Andreeva vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Alize Cornet
- Kristina Mladenovic vs. Clara Tauson
- Shuai Zhang vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Nefisa Berberovic vs. Clara Burel
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Joanna Garland
- Carole Monnet vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ekaterina Reyngold vs. Marine Partaud
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jodie Burrage
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Jenny Lim
- Greet Minnen vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Ana Bogdan (4) beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-1, 6-2
- Audrey Albie (WC) beat Emeline Dartron (LL): 6-3, 6-3
- Katrina Scott beat Ekaterina Makarova (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Jana Fett (Q) beat Joanne Zuger: 6-2, 7-6 (3)