Jasmin Open: Mertens through to second round, wins 12 games in a row
Elise Mertens beat Alexandra Eala 7-5, 6-0 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play Belarusian Iryna Shymanovich in the next round
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Belgian Elise Mertens, the second seed, advanced to the second round of the Jasmin Open by defeating Filipino qualifier Alexandra Eala 7-5, 6-0 at the Skanes Family Hotel Monastir on Tuesday afternoon.
The defending champion saved six set points in the first set as she reeled off 12 straight games to win.
Mertens, ranked No 36, will play Belarusian Iryna Shymanovich next.
Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results (Skanes Family Hotel Monastir, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Chloe Paquet
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Alize Cornet
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Martina Trevisan
- Darja Semenistaja vs. Erika Andreeva: tuesday
- Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Petra Marcinko: tuesday
- Mai Hontama beat Aliona Bolsova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Claire Liu beat Emina Bektas: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Magdalena Frech (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Katarina Zavatska (Q) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 6-4
- Lucia Bronzetti (6) beat Kristina Kucova: 6-1, 6-1
- Sara Errani beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Nadia Podoroska beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (5): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Lucrezia Stefanini beat Camilla Rosatello (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
- Iryna Shymanovich beat Laura Pigossi: 6-3, 6-2
- Clara Burel (8) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 6-2
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