Canberra Open: Jacquemot moves into second round
Elsa Jacquemot beat Emerson Jones 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Simona Waltert and Darja Semenistaja next
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French qualifier Elsa Jacquemot advanced to the second round of the Canberra Open by beating Australian wildcard Emerson Jones 6-2, 6-3 at the Canberra Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Jacquemot, ranked No 159, will face the winner of the match between Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert and Latvian Darja Semenistaja, the No 4 seed, 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
- Nina Stojanovic vs. Solana Sierra
- Simona Waltert vs. Darja Semenistaja
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Jana Fett
- Alexandra Eala (Q) beat Sinja Kraus (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8) beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Petra Martic (5): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Aoi Ito (7) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-4, 7-5
- 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
