WTA Hobart: Mertens beats former Australian Open finalist Collins

Belgian Elise Mertens, the top seed and two-time champion here, advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by defeating American Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3 at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.

Mertens, ranked No 29 in the world, will face Slovak qualifier Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082):

• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
• Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
• Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Martina Trevisan
• Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
• Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Greet Minnen vs. Sofia Kenin
• Mayar Sherif vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Lin Zhu vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Anna Blinkova vs. Daria Saville

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