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yMasarova upsets second seed Alexandrova in Linz first round, Vondrousova next
Rebeka Masarova edged out Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6) on Tuesday and will face Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the next round
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Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6) to advance to the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday afternoon.
Masarova, ranked No 99, will play Czech Marketa Vondrousova 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
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Petra Martic: tuesday
- 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
