Prague Open: After a shaky start, Li finds her rhythm

American Ann Li, the No 9 seed, advanced to the second round of the Prague Open by beating Australian qualifier Astra Sharma 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club on Monday.

Li, ranked No 67, will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next.

Prague WTA 250, other first-round results (Sparta Prague Tennis Club, clay, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Aoi Ito vs. Tereza Valentova
• Barbora Palicova vs. Priscilla Hon
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Lucie Havlickova vs. Alena Kovackova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Harriet Dart
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Laura Samson vs. Dominika Salkova
• Linda Noskova vs. Anastasia Gasanova
• Jesika Maleckova vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sara Bejlek beat Moyuka Uchijima: 7-5, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (5) beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Alycia Parks (8) beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-4, 6-2