Linz Open: Giorgi advances to second round
The Italian beat Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2 and will play the winner of the match between Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, and Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson in the next round
Camila Giorgi from Italia serves the ball during the quarterfinals of the WTA National Bank Open match
Italy’s Camila Giorgi advanced to the second round of the Linz Open by beating Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2 at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.
Giorgi, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, and Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson next.
Linz WTA 250, other first-round results (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):
- Anastasia Potapova (8) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (7): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Petra Martic (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (2): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Eva Lys (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Alison Van Uytvanck beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
- Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic
- Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
