Prague Open: Krejcikova, easy against Blinkova, moves into second round

Czech Barbora Krejcikova moved into the second round of the Prague Open by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-1 at TK Sparta Praha on Tuesday afternoon.

Krejcikova, ranked No 18, will face Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino next.

Prague WTA 250, other first-round results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova (WC) beat Natalia Vikhlyantseva (LL): 6-2, 3-1 ret.
• Anett Kontaveit (1) beat Ekaterine Gorgodze: 6-0, 6-1
• Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea (2): 7-5, 6-4
• Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-2
• Alize Cornet (5) beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Daria Snigur: 6-4, 6-2
• Lucie Havlickova (WC) beat Barbora Palicova (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Chloe Paquet beat Tereza Martincova: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Dalila Jakupovic (Q) beat Alison Van Uytvanck (6): 5-2 ret.
• Lin Zhu beat Vitalia Diatchenko: 6-1, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Elise Mertens (3): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Qiang Wang (Q) beat Rebecca Peterson: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Nao Hibino beat Mihaela Buzarnescu: 6-2, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Sinja Kraus (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (2)