WTA Hobart: Bouzkova eases into second round

No 5 seed Marie Bouzkova advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by winning against Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday night.

Bouzkova, ranked No 35, will face Kazakh qualifier Yulia Putintseva next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria (9) beat Nadia Podoroska (LL): 6-1, 4-3 ret.
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Sofia Kenin (6) beat Greet Minnen: 6-3, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Dolehide beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
• Lin Zhu (3) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 6-1
• Daria Saville (WC) beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• 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