Linz Open: Friedsam reaches second round

German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam reached the second round of the Linz Open by winning against Italian qualifier Sara Errani 6-2, 6-4 at the Design Center Linz on Wednesday.

Friedsam, ranked No 124, will face the winner of the match between American Alycia Parks and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 4 seed, next.

Linz WTA 250, other first-round results (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina: wednesday
• Donna Vekic (5) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Varvara Gracheva (LL) beat Anna Blinkova: 7-5, 7-5
• Camila Giorgi beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (8) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (7): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Petra Martic (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (2): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Eva Lys (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4