Rabat Open: Bouzas Maneiro moves into second round

Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, the No 10 seed, reached the second round of the Rabat Open by edging out Austrian Julia Grabher 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Monday.

Bouzas Maneiro, ranked No 71, will play the winner of the match between Barundi qualifier Sada Nahimana and Moroccan wildcard Aya El Aouni next.

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

• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Jil Teichmann
• Maria Mateas vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Mayar Sherif vs. Arantxa Rus
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Yasmine Kabbaj
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Aliona Bolsova
• Ana Konjuh vs. Maya Joint
• Sada Nahimana vs. Aya El Aouni
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Camila Osorio: monday
• Tatiana Pieri vs. Carlota Martinez Cirez: monday
• 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