Upper Austria Ladies: Martic edges past wildcard Lys to move into second round

Croat qualifier Petra Martic advanced to the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies by winning against German wildcard Eva Lys 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 at the TipsArena in Linz.

Martic, ranked No 125, will face the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 7 seed, next.

Linz WTA 500, other first-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Sinja Kraus vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Julia Grabher (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (8) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-3
• Antonia Ruzic (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea beat Arantxa Rus: 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 7-6 (7), 6-4