Hobart International: Blinkova into second round
Anna Blinkova beat Bernarda Pera 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Lulu Sun and Sofia Kenin next
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Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the second round of the Hobart International by beating American Bernarda Pera 7-5, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Blinkova, ranked No 75, will play the winner of the match between New Zealander Lulu Sun, the No 5 seed, and American wildcard Sofia Kenin 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
- Ann Li (Q) beat Sloane Stephens (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- 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
