Papamichail reaches second round at Budapest
Despina Papamichail defeated Dalma Galfi 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday and will face Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail reached the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by beating Hungarian Dalma Galfi 7-6 (4), 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Tuesday.
Papamichail, ranked No 195, will face Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 9 seed, next.
Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Shuai Zhang
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Laura Pigossi
- Ana Bogdan vs. Panna Udvardy
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: tuesday
- Anna Bondar beat Jesika Maleckova (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Reka-Luca Jani (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Martina Trevisan (2) beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Laura Siegemund: 6-3, 6-4
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5) beat Fanny Stollar (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
- Kateryna Baindl (Q) beat Timea Babos (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (LL): 6-2, 7-5
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (7): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-4, 6-1
