San Luis Potosi Open: Riera moves into second round

Argentinian Julia Riera reached the second round of the San Luis Potosi Open by defeating Italian qualifier Nuria Brancaccio 6-4, 6-3 at the Club Deportivo Potosino on Tuesday evening.

Riera, ranked No 119, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 3 seed, and Romanian qualifier Anca Alexia Todoni next.

San Luis Potosi WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Club Deportivo Potosino, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Irina Bara vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Alize Cornet vs. Xiaodi You
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Jessica Hinojosa Gomez vs. Suzan Lamens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Anna Bondar: tuesday
• Francesca Jones beat Yulia Starodubtseva: 7-5, 6-4
• Nadia Podoroska (4) beat Mccartney Kessler: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• Marina Stakusic (WC) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
• Erika Andreeva (5) beat Ana Sofia Sanchez (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Robin Montgomery beat Astra Sharma: 6-3, 6-4
• Hailey Baptiste (6) beat Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Tamara Zidansek beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 6-3
• Laura Pigossi beat Dalila Jakupovic: 7-5, 6-3