Mumbai Open: Galfi through to second round
Dalma Galfi edged out Kimberly Birrell 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on Tuesday. She’ll play Japanese Moyuka Uchijima in the next round
Dalma Galfi – (c) SPP / Panoramic
L&T Mumbai Open •Third round •
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Hungarian Dalma Galfi moved into the second round of the Mumbai Open by edging out Australian Kimberly Birrell, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the Cricket Club of India on Tuesday.
Galfi, ranked No 120, will face Japanese Moyuka Uchijima next.
Mumbai WTA 125K Series, other first-round matches (Cricket Club of India, hard, USD 115,000):
- Storm Hunter beat Fanny Stollar (Q): 3-0 ret.
- Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (Q) beat Nao Hibino (2): 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Carole Monnet: 6-3, 6-3
- Rutuja Bhosale (WC) beat Peangtarn Plipuech (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Camilla Rosatello (LL) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Arina Rodionova (4) beat Suzan Lamens: 6-2, 7-5
- Amandine Hesse (Q) beat Lina Glushko (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Polina Kudermetova beat Anastasia Zakharova: 7-6 (8), 6-0
- Sahaja Yamalapalli (WC) beat Kayla Day (1): 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
- Sohyun Park (LL) beat Vaishnavi Adkar (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- Laura Pigossi (5) beat Ekaterina Makarova: 6-1, 3-0 ret.
- Alina Korneeva beat Chloe Paquet: 6-1, 6-3
- Arianne Hartono beat Irina Bara: 6-4, 6-4
- Darja Semenistaja (6) beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Katie Volynets vs. Ankita Raina
