Rouen Open: Robbe sets up Burrage clash

French wildcard Alice Robbe defeated German Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Rouen Open at Palais des sports de Rouen on Monday evening.

Robbe, ranked No 213, will face No 4 seed Jodie Burrage next.

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

• Fiona Ferro vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Iryna Shymanovich
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Clara Burel
• Alize Cornet vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Astra Sharma
• Anna Bondar vs. Oceane Dodin
• Margaux Rouvroy vs. Tiphanie Lemaitre
• Dalma Galfi vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Simona Waltert beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-2
• Greet Minnen (1) beat Yuriko Miyazaki: 6-4, 6-4
• Jodie Burrage 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)