Monastir Open: Cornet reaches second round

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 3 seed, beat Brazilian Laura Pigossi 7-6 (3), 6-0 to reach the second round of the Monastir Open at the Monastir Tennis Club on Monday.

Cornet, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Harriet Dart and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next.

Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results:

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Ann Li
• Yasmine Mansouri vs. Magdalena Frech
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Diane Parry
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Petra Martic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Harriet Dart vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Evgeniya Rodina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Elise Mertens (5) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-1
• Claire Liu beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Lucrezia Stefanini (Q) beat Magda Linette (8): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Despina Papamichail (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Katerina Siniakova (7) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-4, 4-0 ret.