Hungarian Grand Prix: Putintseva makes second round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by winning against Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-1 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Tuesday.

Putintseva, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between Swede Rebecca Peterson and Brazilian lucky loser Laura Pigossi next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Shuai Zhang
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Laura Pigossi
• Ana Bogdan vs. Panna Udvardy
• Despina Papamichail (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Anna Bondar (9) beat Jesika Maleckova (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Reka-Luca Jani (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (2) beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Laura Siegemund: 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5) beat Fanny Stollar (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Kateryna Baindl (Q) beat Timea Babos (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (7): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-4, 6-1