Rouen Open: Linette moves into last 16
The Pole will face the winner of the match between Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic and Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Magda Linette 2023 Australian Open || AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Poland’s Magda Linette defeated French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot 7-5, 6-1 to reach the second round of the WTA Rouen Open at the Kindarena on Monday.
Linette, ranked No 60 and a former Australian Open semi-finalist, will face the winner of the match between Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic and Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 8 seed, next.
Rouen WTA 250, other first round matches (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232,244):
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Diane Parry
- Nao Hibino vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Clara Burel vs. Katarina Zavatska
- Mayar Sherif vs. Yue Yuan
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Fiona Ferro vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Martina Trevisan vs. Naomi Osaka
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alize Cornet
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Anna Blinkova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Arantxa Rus
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Alice Robbe
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Peyton Stearns
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Mirra Andreeva
