La Bisbal d’Emporda Open: Kawa through to second round

Pole qualifier Katarzyna Kawa won against Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai, the No 3 seed, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the La Bisbal d’Emporda Open at the Club Esportiu CT La Bisbal in La Bisbal d’Emporda on Monday.

Kawa, ranked No 181, will face Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva next.

La Bislab d’Emporda WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Club Esportiu CT La Bisbal, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Timea Babos
• Dalma Galfi vs. Ella Seidel
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Olga Danilovic vs. Darja Semenistaja
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
• Sinja Kraus vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Greet Minnen vs. Kristina Mladenovic
• Harriet Dart vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Oksana Selekhmeteva beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Rebeka Masarova (5) beat Fiona Ferro: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Maria Lourdes Carle (6) beat Sara Bejlek: 6-1, 6-3
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-0, 7-5
• Eva Lys beat Oceane Dodin (2): 6-4, 6-1