Bogota Open: Sorribes Tormo through to second round

Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Bogota Open by winning against Russian Maria Timofeeva 6-1, 6-3 at the Country Club Bogota on Tuesday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva and Italian Sara Errani next.

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

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