Rouen Open: Waltert into second round

Swiss Simona Waltert won against French wildcard Chloe Paquet 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Rouen Open at Palais des sports de Rouen on Monday evening.

Waltert, ranked No 178, will face Belgian Greet Minnen, the top seed, 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
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Alice Robbe
• Greet Minnen 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)