Stuttgart Open: Alexandrova through to second round

Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Tuesday afternoon.

Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between No 6 seed Mirra Andreeva and lucky loser Erika Andreeva next.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Errani
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
• Tatjana Maria vs. Ella Seidel
• Emma Navarro vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Eva Lys vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Jule Niemeier vs. Laura Siegemund
• Donna Vekic vs. Jana Fett: tuesday
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Diana Shnaider (8) beat Veronika Kudermetova (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Tauson: 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3
• Elise Mertens beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2