Linz Open: Gracheva advances to second round

Lucky loser Varvara Gracheva won against Anna Blinkova 7-5, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.

Gracheva, ranked No 84, will face the winner of the match between Greek Maria Sakkari, the top seed, and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next.

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

• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher: tuesday in Linz
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson: tuesday in Linz
• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina: tuesday in Linz
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani: tuesday in Linz
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna VekicATP: tuesday in Linz
• Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz: tuesday in Linz
• 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