Rabat Open: Anastasija Sevastova advances to second round

Latvian wildcard Anastasija Sevastova advanced to the second round of the Rabat Open by edging out Moroccan wildcard Yasmine Kabbaj 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Tuesday.

Anastasija Sevastova will play Zeynep Sonmez next.

Rabat WTA 250, other first-round results (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• Sada Nahimana vs. Aya El Aouni
• Nicole Fossa Huergo vs. Arantxa Rus: tuesday
• Ana Konjuh vs. Maya Joint: tuesday
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Jil Teichmann: 6-4, 6-1
• Maria Mateas beat Elizabeth Mandlik (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio (2) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Tatiana Pieri (Q) beat Carlota Martinez Cirez: 6-3, 6-0
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (10) beat Julia Grabher: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Lucia Bronzetti (3): 6-2, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Yelyzaveta Kotliar (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste beat Camilla Rosatello (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
• Katie Volynets (9) beat Carolina M. Alves (LL): 6-3, 6-0
• Ann Li (4) beat Maria Timofeeva (LL): 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Viktoriya Tomova (5): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3