Strasbourg Open: Samsonova makes second round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 8 seed, beat Linda Noskova 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Sunday.

Samsonova, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between French wildcard Diane Parry and Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Magdalena Frech vs. Anna Blinkova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Clara Tauson
• Xinyu Wang vs. Eva Lys
• Alize Cornet vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Danielle Collins vs. Sofia Kenin
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Diane Parry vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Magda Linette
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebecca Sramkova: sunday