Rouen Open: Ferro reaches second round
Fiona Ferro edged out McCartney Kessler 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between qualifier Margaux Rouvroy and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet in the next round
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French qualifier Fiona Ferro moved into the second round of the Rouen Open by edging out American McCartney Kessler, the No 4 seed, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5 at the Kindarena on Monday.
Ferro, ranked No 376, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Margaux Rouvroy and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet next.
Rouen WTA 250, other first-round results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 239.212, most recent results first):
- Bernarda Pera vs. Linda Noskova
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Suzan Lamens
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Elina Svitolina vs. Jil Teichmann
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Sonay Kartal
- Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Diane Parry
- Camilla Rosatello vs. Alycia Parks
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Anna Blinkova
- Lois Boisson vs. Harriet Dart
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Olga Danilovic
- Margaux Rouvroy vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti (7): 6-2, 6-3
