Hungarian Open: Sorribes Tormo battles past Topalova in first round

Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 4 seed, edged out Bulgarian qualifier Gergana Topalova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 59, will play Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267,082):

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Viktoriya Tomova (2): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Maria Timofeeva beat Simona Waltert (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Rebeka Masarova beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Carole Monnet (Q) beat Amarissa Toth (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-0
• Elina Avanesyan beat Magdalena Frech (5): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Olga Danilovic vs. Anna Bondar
• Xiyu Wang vs. Anca Todoni
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ella Seidel vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Fanny Stollar
• Eva Lys vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Miriam Bulgaru
• Ekaterina Makarova vs. Timea Babos