Hungarian Grand Prix: Pigossi advances to second round
Laura Pigossi defeated Rebecca Peterson 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Brazilian lucky loser Laura Pigossi advanced to the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by beating Swede Rebecca Peterson 7-5, 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Tuesday evening.
Pigossi, ranked No 125, will face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 3 seed, next.
Budapest WTA 250, other first-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Shuai Zhang
- Ana Bogdan vs. Panna Udvardy: tuesday
- Yulia Putintseva beat Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-4, 6-1
- Despina Papamichail (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Anna Bondar (9) 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
