Bencic tops Parry to reach second round at Lausanne

Belinda Bencic won against Diane Parry 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face Swiss wildcard Susan Bandecchi in the next round

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in action during the quarter-final of the 2022 bett1Open WTA 500 tennis tournament against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia (Zuma/Panoramic)

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the second seed, won against Frenchwoman Diane Parry 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Lausanne Open at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Tuesday evening.

Bencic, ranked No 13, will play Swiss wildcard Susan Bandecchi next.

The Swiss is the highest seed remaining after top-seeded American Danielle Collins was defeated by Swiss wild card Simona Waltert, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(6).

After dropping the opener and falling behind 1-0 in the second set, Bencic won 12 of the final 15 games against the 19-year-old Frenchwoman, including the final six games of the match.

Lausanne WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

  • Leolia Jeanjean vs. Tatjana Maria
  • Petra Martic beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (5): 6-2, 6-2
  • Simona Waltert (WC) beat Danielle Collins (1): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
  • Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 6-1, 6-2
  • Caroline Garcia (6) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
  • Eva Lys (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 7-5, 6-4
  • Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
  • Irina-Camelia Begu (3) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-4, 6-2
  • Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Misaki Doi: 6-3, 6-3
  • Clara Burel beat Lin Zhu: 6-0, 6-1
  • Susan Bandecchi beat Oceane Dodin: 6-2, 6-1
  • Anastasia Potapova beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
  • Anna Kalinskaya beat Tamara Zidansek (7): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3
  • Jule Niemeier beat Ylena In-Albon: 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3
  • Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 7-6 (1)

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