Mumbai Open: Volynets advances to second round

American Katie Volynets, the No 8 seed, won against Indian wildcard Ankita Raina 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Mumbai Open at the Cricket Club of India on Tuesday afternoon.

Volynets, ranked No 113, will play Indian wildcard Rutuja Bhosale next.

Mumbai WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Cricket Club of India, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Storm Hunter beat Fanny Stollar (Q): 3-0 ret.
• Dalma Galfi beat Kimberly Birrell (7): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (Q) beat Nao Hibino (2): 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Carole Monnet: 6-3, 6-3
• Rutuja Bhosale beat Peangtarn Plipuech (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Camilla Rosatello (LL) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Arina Rodionova (4) beat Suzan Lamens: 6-2, 7-5
• Amandine Hesse (Q) beat Lina Glushko (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Polina Kudermetova beat Anastasia Zakharova: 7-6 (8), 6-0
• Sahaja Yamalapalli (WC) beat Kayla Day (1): 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
• Sohyun Park (LL) beat Vaishnavi Adkar (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Laura Pigossi (5) beat Ekaterina Makarova: 6-1, 3-0 ret.
• Alina Korneeva beat Chloe Paquet: 6-1, 6-3
• Arianne Hartono beat Irina Bara: 6-4, 6-4
• Darja Semenistaja (6) beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2