Montevideo Open: Lodikova knocks out Grammatikopoulou to reach second round

Russian Daria Lodikova defeated Greek Valentini Grammatikopoulou, the No 8 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Lodikova, ranked No 364, will face the winner of the match between American Raveena Kingsley and Swiss Ylena In-Albon next.

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

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