Mumbai Open: Galfi through to second round

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