Monastir Open: Sixth seed Potapova makes second round

No 6 seed Anastasia Potapova defeated wildcard Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Monastir Open at the Monastir Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Potapova, ranked No 51, will play the winner of the match between Slovenian Tamara Zidansek and Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera next.

Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Ann Li
• Yasmine Mansouri vs. Magdalena Frech
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Petra Martic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: tuesday
• Harmony Tan vs. Diane Parry: tuesday
• Harriet Dart beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-2, 6-4
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-1, 6-3
• Alize Cornet (3) beat Laura Pigossi: 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Elise Mertens (5) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-1
• Claire Liu beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Lucrezia Stefanini (Q) beat Magda Linette (8): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Despina Papamichail (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Katerina Siniakova (7) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-4, 4-0 ret.