Hobart International: Avanesyan advances to second round

Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 6 seed, defeated Chinese qualifier Wang Xiyu 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Hobart International at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 44, will face Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elise Mertens
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Daria Saville
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Magda Linette
• Olga Danilovic vs. Maya Joint
• Lulu Sun vs. Sofia Kenin
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Katie Volynets
• Anna Blinkova vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sloane Stephens vs. Ann Li
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Yue Yuan vs. Camila Osorio
• Greet Minnen beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 7-5, 6-4
• McCartney Kessler beat Rebecca Sramkova (7): 6-3, 7-5

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