Montevideo Open: Capurro Taborda beats Taly Licht to make second round

Argentinian Martina Capurro Taborda, the No 3 seed, beat American wildcard Taly Licht 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Capurro Taborda, ranked No 157, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz and American Robin Montgomery next.

Montevideo WTA 125, other first-round results (Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Haley Giavara vs. Renata Zarazua
• Gabriela Lee vs. Lucia De Santa Ana
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Polona Hercog vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Carolina Bohrer Martins vs. Solana Sierra
• Juliana Rodriguez vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Anna Rogers
• Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu
• Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba
• Carolina M. Alves vs. Julia Riera
• Raveena Kingsley vs. Ylena In-Albon
• Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Robin Montgomery
• Daria Lodikova beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (8): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Eva Vedder beat Gabriela Ce: 7-5, 6-4
• Ipek Oz beat Jamie Loeb: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4