Montevideo Open: Gorgodze advances to second round

Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze defeated Uruguayan wildcard Juliana Rodriguez 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Gorgodze, ranked No 341, will play Argentinian Solana Sierra, the No 7 seed, next.

Montevideo WTA 125, other first-round results (Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Gabriela Lee vs. Lucia De Santa Ana
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Haley Giavara vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Polona Hercog vs. Varvara Lepchenko: tuesday
• Solana Sierra beat Carolina Bohrer Martins (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Miriam Bulgaru (6) beat Anna Rogers (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Despina Papamichail beat Victoria Hu: 6-4, 6-2
• Diane Parry (1) beat Amina Anshba: 7-5, 6-3
• Julia Riera (4) beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-3, 6-1
• Ylena In-Albon beat Raveena Kingsley: 6-3, 6-3
• Robin Montgomery beat Leyre Romero Gormaz: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Martina Capurro Taborda (3) beat Taly Licht (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Daria Lodikova beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (8): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Eva Vedder beat Gabriela Ce: 7-5, 6-4
• Ipek Oz beat Jamie Loeb: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4