Hobart International: Li moves into second round

Qualifier Ann Li reached the second round of the Hobart International by winning against wildcard Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-1 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Li, ranked No 91, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the top seed, and American Katie Volynets 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
• Renata Zarazua 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
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat Yue Yuan (8): 6-2, 6-3
• Greet Minnen (Q) 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
• Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• McCartney Kessler beat Rebecca Sramkova (7): 6-3, 7-5

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