Auckland Open: Grabher books spot in second round
Julia Grabher edged out Leyre Romero Gormaz 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Monday and will face Japanese Naomi Osaka next
Julia Grabher 2022 / © Zuma / Panoramic
Austrian Julia Grabher reached the second round of the Auckland Open by edging out Spanish qualifier Leyre Romero Gormaz 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the ASB Tennis Arena on Monday.
Grabher, ranked No 470, will face Japanese Naomi Osaka, the No 7 seed, next.
Auckland WTA 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Alycia Parks vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Emma Raducanu
- Vivian Yang vs. Elise Mertens
- Greet Minnen vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Renata Jamrichova
- Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Sofia Kenin vs. Xiyu Wang
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Katie Volynets (8) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2
- Ann Li beat Sloane Stephens: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Naomi Osaka beat Lina Glushko (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Bernarda Pera beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Rebecca Marino beat Lulu Sun (4): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Nao Hibino (Q) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Clara Tauson (5) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-2, 6-3
