Rouen Open: Cristian advances to second round

Romanian Jaqueline Cristian moved into the second round of the Rouen Open by defeating French wildcard Diane Parry 6-4, 6-3 at the Kindarena on Tuesday afternoon.

Cristian, ranked No 66, will face French qualifier Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 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
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Alycia Parks
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Anna Blinkova: tuesday
• Lois Boisson (WC) beat Harriet Dart: 6-0, 6-3
• Olga Danilovic (3) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
• Jessika Ponchet (LL) beat Margaux Rouvroy (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Fiona Ferro (Q) beat McCartney Kessler (4): 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5
• 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 beat Lucia Bronzetti (7): 6-2, 6-3