Upper Austria Ladies: Sasnovich defeats qualifier Zakharova to reach second round

Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich advanced to the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies by defeating Russian qualifier Anastasia Zakharova 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the TipsArena in Linz.

Sasnovich, ranked No 149, will play No 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

Linz WTA 500, other first-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Sinja Kraus vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Eva Lys vs. Petra Martic: tuesday
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Julia Grabher (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (8) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-3
• Antonia Ruzic (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea beat Arantxa Rus: 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 7-6 (7), 6-4