Lausanne Open: Potapova beats Bronzetti to reach second round
Anastasia Potapova scored a three set win over Lucia Bronzetti in the WTA 250 event in Lausanne
The Russian player also took her name off the entry list for the season’s second Grand Slam.
Russian Anastasia Potapova edged out Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Lausanne Open at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Monday evening.
Potapova, ranked No 79, will face the winner of the match between Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, and German Tamara Korpatsch next.
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
- Diane Parry vs. Belinda Bencic
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
- Danielle Collins vs. Simona Waltert
- Anna Blinkova vs. Erika Andreeva
- Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Eva Lys vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Kristina Mladenovic vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Olga Danilovic vs. Misaki Doi
- Oceane Dodin vs. Susan Bandecchi
- Lin Zhu vs. Clara Burel
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Tamara Zidansek (7): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3
- Jule Niemeier beat Ylena In-Albon: 7-5, 6-7, 6-3
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 7-6 (1)
