WTA Tallinn Open: Bencic advances to second round, dismantling local player Malygina
Belinda Bencic defeated Elena Malygina 6-0, 6-2 on Monday evening. She’ll face qualifier Katie Boulter in the next round
Belinda Bencic, Toronto 2022 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Swiss Belinda Bencic, the second seed, reached the second round of the Tallinn Open by beating Estonian wildcard Elena Malygina 6-0, 6-2 at the Forus Tennis Centre on Monday evening.
Bencic, ranked No 14, will play qualifier Katie Boulter next.
Tallinn WTA 250, other first-round matches (Forus Tennis Centre, hard, EUR 251.750, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Xiyu Wang
- Donna Vekic vs. Maileen Nuudi
- Xinyu Wang vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Claire Liu vs. Ann Li
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Shelby Rogers
- Laura Siegemund vs. Jil Teichmann
- Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Tereza Martincova
- Madison Keys vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Barbora Krejcikova (7) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Linda Noskova (Q) beat Diane Parry: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Marta Kostyuk beat Bernarda Pera: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Katie Boulter beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova (WC) beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-0, 6-2
