Hungarian Grand Prix: Tsurenko makes second round

Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko won against Brazilian qualifier Carolina M. Alves 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Hungarian Grand Prix at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.

Tsurenko, ranked No 97, will face the winner of the match between Russian Kamilla Rakhimova and Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the No 7 seed, next.

Budapest WTA 250, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Natalia Szabanin vs. Martina Trevisan
• Despina Papamichail vs. Dalma Galfi
• Anna Bondar vs. Jesika Maleckova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Reka-Luca Jani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Laura Pigossi
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
• Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Shuai Zhang
• Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic
• Ana Bogdan vs. Panna Udvardy
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Fanny Stollar
• Kateryna Baindl vs. Timea Babos
• Bernarda Pera vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: monday