Rouen Open: Ferro advances to second round

French wildcard Fiona Ferro moved into the second round of the Rouen Open by beating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the No 6 seed, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 at Palais des sports de Rouen on Wednesday afternoon.

Ferro, ranked No 175, will face Spaniard Aliona Bolsova next.

Rouen WTA 125, other first-round results (Palais des sports de Rouen, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Viktorija Golubic (9) beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Aliona Bolsova beat Iryna Shymanovich (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Marina Bassols Ribera beat Clara Burel (2): 7-5, 6-4
• Alize Cornet (5) beat Jessika Ponchet: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• Oceane Dodin beat Anna Bondar (8): 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Astra Sharma (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Tiphanie Lemaitre (Q) beat Margaux Rouvroy (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Dalma Galfi beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4
• Jaqueline Cristian (7) beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Alice Robbe (WC) beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-1
• Simona Waltert beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-2
• Greet Minnen (1) beat Yuriko Miyazaki: 6-4, 6-4
• Jodie Burrage (4) beat Daria Snigur: 6-3, 6-3
• Celine Naef beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-3, 6-3
• Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)