Bad Homburg: Alexandrova beats Bencic

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 8 seed, moved into the second round of the Bad Homburg Open by beating Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-1, 6-2 at the Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on Monday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 18, will face Greek wildcard Maria Sakkari next.

Bad Homburg WTA 500, other first-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Laura Siegemund
• Naomi Osaka vs. Olga Danilovic
• Donna Vekic vs. Diana Shnaider
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Linda Noskova beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Magdalena Frech vs. Clara Tauson: monday
• Elina Svitolina (7) beat Elise Mertens: 7-5, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (1)
• Emma Navarro (5) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-5, 7-6 (6)