Linz Open: Sakkari books spot in second round

Greek Maria Sakkari, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Linz Open by winning against Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-1, 7-6 (6) at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.

Sakkari, ranked No 7, will play lucky loser Varvara Gracheva next.

Linz WTA 250, other first-round results (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher : later in Linz
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson : later in Linz
• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina : later in Linz
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani : later in Linz
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic : later in Linz
• Varvara Gracheva beat Anna Blinkova: 7-5, 7-5
• Camila Giorgi beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-2
• 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