Montevideo Open: Riera beats Alves to reach second round

Argentinian Julia Riera, the No 4 seed, beat Brazilian Carolina M. Alves 6-3, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Montevideo Open at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Riera, ranked No 148, will play Ipek Oz 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
• Diane Parry vs. Amina Anshba
• Despina Papamichail vs. Victoria Hu
• Raveena Kingsley vs. Ylena In-Albon: tuesday
• Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Robin Montgomery: tuesday
• 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