Hungarian Grand Prix: Sasnovich beats local qualifier to reach second round
Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Fanny Stollar in three sets to reach the second round in Budapest
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Image Credit:
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Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix by defeating Hungarian qualifier Fanny Stollar 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday evening.
Sasnovich, ranked No 36, will face American qualifier Bernarda Pera next.
Budapest WTA 250, other first-round results (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
- Despina Papamichail vs. Dalma Galfi
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
- Anna Bondar vs. Jesika Maleckova
- Reka-Luca Jani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Natalia Szabanin vs. Martina Trevisan
- Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic
- Kateryna Baindl (Q) beat Timea Babos (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera 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
