Canberra Open: Ito books spot in second round
Aoi Ito won against Maria Timofeeva 6-4, 7-5 and will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the next round

Japanese Aoi Ito, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Canberra Open by winning against Russian Maria Timofeeva 6-4, 7-5 at the Canberra Tennis Centre.
Ito, ranked No 126, will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.
Canberra WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Canberra Tennis Centre, hard, USD 164.000, most recent results first):
- Arianne Hartono vs. Anna Bondar
- Ipek Oz vs. Taylah Preston
- Dalma Galfi vs. Daria Snigur
- Danka Kovinic vs. Sara Saito
- Simona Waltert vs. Darja Semenistaja
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Emerson Jones
- Nina Stojanovic vs. Solana Sierra
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sinja Kraus
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Jana Fett
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Ella Seidel
- Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Petra Martic
- Petra Hule (WC) beat Anastasia Zakharova (3): 6-3, 6-3
- Marina Stakusic (6) beat Antonia Ruzic: 0-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Jil Teichmann: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Sijia Wei beat Lizette Cabrera (WC): 6-3, 6-4