Monastir Open: Martic beats Fruhvirtova to reach second round

Croat Petra Martic, the No 4 seed, beat Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Monastir Open at the Monastir Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Martic, ranked No 41, will face Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima next.

Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Ann Li
• Yasmine Mansouri vs. Magdalena Frech
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Marina Bassols Ribera: tuesday
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 6-3
• Diane Parry beat Harmony Tan (LL): 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Harriet Dart beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-2, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Mirra Andreeva (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-1, 6-3
• Alize Cornet (3) beat Laura Pigossi: 7-6 (3), 6-0
• 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.