Montevideo Open: Montgomery beats Gormaz to move into second round

American Robin Montgomery beat Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz 7-6 (5), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Montgomery, ranked No 218, will face Argentinian Martina Capurro Taborda, the No 3 seed, 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
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Polona Hercog vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Carolina Bohrer Martins vs. Solana Sierra
• Juliana Rodriguez vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Anna Rogers
• Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu
• Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba
• Julia Riera (4) beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-3, 6-1
• Ylena In-Albon beat Raveena Kingsley: 6-3, 6-3
• Martina Capurro Taborda 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