Linz Open: Potapova through to face Niemeier in second round

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 8 seed, edged out Italian Lucia Bronzetti 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.

Potapova, ranked No 44, will play German Jule Niemeier next.

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

• 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
• 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

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