Canberra Open: Selekhmeteva moves into second round
Oksana Selekhmeteva edged out Petra Martic 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) and will face the winner of the match between Dalma Galfi and Daria Snigur next
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Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva advanced to the second round of the Canberra Open by edging out Croat Petra Martic, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) at the Canberra Tennis Centre.
Selekhmeteva, ranked No 176, will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Dalma Galfi and Ukrainian Daria Snigur 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
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Jana Fett
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sinja Kraus
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8) beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- 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
