Montevideo Open: Riera beats Alves to reach second round
Julia Riera beat Carolina M. Alves 6-3, 6-1. She’ll face Ipek Oz in the next round

Argentinian Julia Riera, the No 4 seed, beat Brazilian Carolina M. Alves 6-3, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.
Riera, ranked No 148, will play Ipek Oz 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
- Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba
- Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu
- Raveena Kingsley vs. Ylena In-Albon: tuesday
- Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Robin Montgomery: tuesday
- Martina Capurro Taborda (3) beat Taly Licht (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- 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