Hungarian Open: Sasnovich upsets No 2 seed Tomova in first round
Sasnovich will play Russian Maria Timofeeva in the next round
Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Roland-Garros (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich advanced to the second round of the Hungarian Open by edging out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the second seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.
Sasnovich, ranked No 134, will face Russian Maria Timofeeva next.
Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267,082):
- Maria Timofeeva beat Simona Waltert (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Gergana Topalova (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- 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
