Budapest Open: Grabher advances to second round

Austrian Julia Grabher won against Hungarian wildcard Timea Babos 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Budapest Open at Római Tennis Academy on Tuesday.

Grabher, ranked No 99, will face the winner of the match between Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova next.

Budapest WTA 125, other first-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Erika Andreeva vs. Rebeka Stolmar : to be played
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anna Bondar : to be played
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Fanny Stollar : to be played
• Reka Luca Jani vs. Danka Kovinic : to be played
• Laura Pigossi vs. Arantxa Rus : to be played
• Jule Niemeier vs. Magdalena Frech : to be played
• Lauren Davis vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz: tuesday
• Simona Waltert beat Cristina Bucsa: 4-0 ret.
• Natalia Szabanin (WC) beat Panna Udvardy (8): 6-4, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Viktoriya Tomova: tuesday
• Emma Navarro (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
• Mayar Sherif beat Jesika Maleckova (Q): 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-0, 6-3
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Oceane Dodin beat Irina Bara: 7-6 (3), 6-3