Parma Open: Stephens moves into second round

American Sloane Stephens, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Parma Open by edging out Pole Magdalena Frech 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Tennis Club Parma on Monday.

Stephens, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin next.

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

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
• Simona Waltert vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier
• Danka Kovinic vs. Oceane Dodin
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Dalma Galfi vs. Erika Andreeva
• Arantxa Rus vs. Panna Udvardy
• Sara Errani vs. Lauren Davis
• Maria Sakkari vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Reka Luca Jani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Laura Pigossi