Thoreau Open: Frech books spot in second round

Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Thoreau Open by defeating Russian Anastasia Tikhonova 6-4, 6-2 at Thoreau Tennis club in Concord on Monday evening.

Frech, ranked No 107, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Gasanova and American Catherine McNally next.

Concord WTA 125, other first-round matches (Thoreau Tennis club, hard, USD 115.000) :

• Greet Minnen vs. Katie Volynets
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Qiang Wang vs. Mariam Bolkvadze
• Anastasia Gasanova vs. Catherine McNally
• Renata Zarazua vs. Astra Sharma
• Clara Tauson vs. Katie Boulter
• Alycia Parks vs. Coco Vandeweghe
• Taylor Townsend vs. Lulu Sun
• Anna Blinkova vs. Varvara Flink
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Karolina Muchova vs. Mirjam Bjorklund