Hobart International: Kessler advances to second round
McCartney Kessler won against Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 7-5 on Monday and will face Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle next
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American McCartney Kessler reached the second round of the Hobart International by defeating Slovak Rebecca Sramkova, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.
Kessler, ranked No 67, will face Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle 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 (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-3
- Maria Lourdes Carle beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
- Anna Bondar (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 7-5, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 7-5
