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yLinz Open: Galfi upsets Pera, plays Lys in second round
Dalma Galfi defeated Bernarda Pera 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday evening and will face German wildcard Eva Lys in the next round
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Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi reached the second round of the Linz Open by winning against American Bernarda Pera, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 7-6 (5) at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.
Galfi, ranked No 92, will play German wildcard Eva Lys next.
Linz WTA 250, other first-round results (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):
- Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
- Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti: tuesday
- 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 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
