Upper Austria Ladies: Cristian knocks out Podoroska to make second round

Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian beat Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz.

Cristian, ranked No 89, will play qualifier Jodie Burrage next.

Linz WTA 500, other first-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Potapova vs. Sara Errani
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Erika Andreeva
• Petra Martic vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Clara Burel vs. Sinja Kraus
• Angelique Kerber vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Anna Blinkova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Clara Tauson vs. Camila Giorgi: tuesday
• Jodie Burrage beat Varvara Gracheva (7): 6-4, 6-0
• Katie Boulter beat Jasmine Paolini (6): 6-2, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-0