WTA Hobart: Zhu beats Bronzetti to reach second round
Zhu will meet the winner of the match between Egyptian Mayar Sherif and American Caroline Dolehide in the next round
Lin Zhu (Photosport/Panoramic)
Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the Hobart International by beating Italian Lucia Bronzetti 7-5, 6-1 at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.
Zhu, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Egyptian Mayar Sherif and American Caroline Dolehide next.
Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):
- Daria Saville (WC) beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) 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
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
- Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Greet Minnen vs. Sofia Kenin
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Martina Trevisan
- Mayar Sherif vs. Caroline Dolehide
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