Parma Open: Kovinic moves into second round

Montenegrin Danka Kovinic reached the second round of the Parma Open by edging out Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 at the Tennis Club Parma on Tuesday.

Kovinic, ranked No 78, will face American Sloane Stephens, the No 4 seed, next.

Parma WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
• Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
• Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier: tuesday
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: tuesday
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (7): 7-5, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 6-3
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 6-4
• Maryna Zanevska beat Lucia Bronzetti (8): 6-3, 6-2
• Dalma Galfi beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Lauren Davis beat Sara Errani (WC): 7-5, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Reka Luca Jani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Ana Bogdan (6) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
• Sloane Stephens beat Magdalena Frech: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4