Bogota Open: Jones advances to second round

Francesca Jones won against Colombian wildcard Yuliana Monroy 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Bogota Open at the Country Club Bogota on Wednesday evening.

Jones, ranked No 214, will face German Laura Siegemund, the No 7 seed, next.

Bogota WTA 500, other first-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-0, 6-3
• Laura Siegemund beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Julia Riera beat Emiliana Arango: 6-0, 6-3
• Laura Pigossi beat Nadia Podoroska (5): 6-4, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria (2) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-2
• Anca Alexia Todoni (Q) beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Hailey Baptiste beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Camila Osorio (6) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Cristina Bucsa (4) beat Xiaodi You (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Irina Bara beat Katarina Zavatska (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova (8) beat Valentina Mediorreal Arias (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Jule Niemeier beat Nuria Brancaccio (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Errani beat Yulia Starodubtseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Renata Zarazua beat Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (WC): 6-0, 6-0