WTA Hobart: Saville through to second round

Australian wildcard Daria Saville advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by edging out Russian Anna Blinkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.

Saville, ranked No 195 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Greet Minnen and American Sofia Kenin, the No 6 seed, next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):

• Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
• Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
• Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Greet Minnen vs. Sofia Kenin
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Martina Trevisan
• Mayar Sherif vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Lin Zhu vs. Lucia Bronzetti