Linz Open: Niemeier into second round

German Jule Niemeier edged out American wildcard Sofia Kenin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Monday evening.

Niemeier, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 8 seed, and Italian Lucia Bronzetti 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
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Eva Lys
• Linda Noskova vs. Alison Van Uytvanck