Budapest Open: Waltert books spot in second round
Simona Waltert benefited from the abandonment of Cristina Bucsa (4-0) on Tuesday night and will face the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Hungarian Anna Bondar, the second seed, in the next round
Swiss Simona Waltert moved into the second round of the Budapest Open when Spaniard Cristina Bucsa retired at Római Tennis Academy on Tuesday night.
Waltert, ranked No 119, led 4-0 when Bucsa, ranked No 112, pulled out at Római Tennis Academy on Tuesday night.
The 21-year-old Swiss will face the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Hungarian Anna Bondar, the second seed, next.
Budapest WTA 125, other first-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebeka Stolmar
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anna Bondar
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Fanny Stollar
- Reka Luca Jani vs. Danka Kovinic
- Laura Pigossi vs. Arantxa Rus
- Jule Niemeier vs. Magdalena Frech
- Julia Grabher vs. Timea Babos
- Lauren Davis vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Panna Udvardy vs. Natalia Szabanin: tuesday
- 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
