Linz Open: Tauson moves into second round

Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson won against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Wednesday afternoon.

Tauson, ranked No 141, will play Italian Camila Giorgi next.

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

• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Anhelina Kalinina (4) beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 7-5
• Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (5) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Varvara Gracheva (LL) 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