Rouen Open: Minnen beats Miyazaki to reach second round

Belgian Greet Minnen, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Rouen Open by beating Yuriko Miyazaki 6-4, 6-4 at Palais des sports de Rouen.

Minnen, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Simona Waltert and French wildcard Chloe Paquet next.

Rouen WTA 125, other first-round results (Palais des sports de Rouen, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Fiona Ferro vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Iryna Shymanovich
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Clara Burel
• Alize Cornet vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Astra Sharma
• Anna Bondar vs. Oceane Dodin
• Margaux Rouvroy vs. Tiphanie Lemaitre
• Dalma Galfi vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Alice Robbe
• Simona Waltert vs. Chloe Paquet
• Jodie Burrage (4) beat Daria Snigur: 6-3, 6-3
• Celine Naef beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-3, 6-3
• Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)