Linz Open: Lys makes second round

German wildcard Eva Lys advanced to the second round of the Linz Open by beating Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday.

Lys, ranked No 126, will play the winner of the match between American Bernarda Pera, the No 7 seed, and Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi 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. Katerina Siniakova
• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Donna Vekic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Bernarda Pera vs. Dalma Galfi
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Petra Martic
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4