Stuttgart Open: Paolini advances to second round
Jasmine Paolini defeated Eva Lys 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday evening and will play wildcard Jule Niemeier in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, beat German wildcard Eva Lys 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Tuesday evening.
Paolini, ranked No 6, will play wildcard Jule Niemeier next.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Tatjana Maria vs. Ella Seidel
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Errani
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
- Emma Navarro vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jule Niemeier beat Laura Siegemund (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-3, 6-3
- Jana Fett (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- 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
