Hobart International: Linette moves into second round
Magda Linette edged out Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Tuesday. She’ll face Australian wildcard Maya Joint next
Magda Linette (Zuma/Panoramic)
Pole Magda Linette, the No 4 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by edging out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Linette, ranked No 38, will face Australian wildcard Maya Joint 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
- Maya Joint beat Olga Danilovic: 6-2, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Lulu Sun (5): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska (1) beat Katie Volynets: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Ann Li (Q) beat Sloane Stephens (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- Anna Blinkova beat Bernarda Pera: 7-5, 6-4
- 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
