Bogota Open: Bara moves into second round

Romanian Irina Bara moved into the second round of the Bogota Open by edging out Ukrainian qualifier Katarina Zavatska 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Country Club Bogota on Tuesday evening.

Bara, ranked No 178, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 5 seed, and Brazilian Laura Pigossi next.

Bogota WTA 500, other first-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Rebecca Marino
• Iryna Shymanovich vs. Laura Siegemund
• Emiliana Arango vs. Julia Riera
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Laura Pigossi
• Anna Bondar vs. Tatjana Maria
• Yuliana Monroy vs. Francesca Jones
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Camila Osorio vs. Marina Stakusic: tuesday
• Cristina Bucsa (4) beat Xiaodi You (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova (8) beat Valentina Mediorreal Arias (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Jule Niemeier beat Nuria Brancaccio (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Errani beat Yulia Starodubtseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Renata Zarazua beat Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (WC): 6-0, 6-0