Rouen Open: Ferro reaches second round

French qualifier Fiona Ferro moved into the second round of the Rouen Open by edging out American McCartney Kessler, the No 4 seed, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5 at the Kindarena on Monday.

Ferro, ranked No 376, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Margaux Rouvroy and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet next.

Rouen WTA 250, other first-round results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 239.212, most recent results first):

• Bernarda Pera vs. Linda Noskova
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Suzan Lamens
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jil Teichmann
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sonay Kartal
• Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Diane Parry
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Alycia Parks
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Anna Blinkova
• Lois Boisson vs. Harriet Dart
• Aleksandra Krunic vs. Olga Danilovic
• Margaux Rouvroy vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-0, 6-4
• Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti (7): 6-2, 6-3