‘s-Hertogenbosch Open: Sakkari advances to second round

Greek Maria Sakkari won against Dutch wildcard Anouk Koevermans 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the’s-Hertogenbosch Open at Autotron Rosmalen on Wednesday.

Sakkari, ranked No 85, will face Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 3 seed, next.

Rosmalen WTA 250, other first-round results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, EUR 239.212, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Carson Branstine: wednesday
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Isis Louise van Den Broek (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Ann Li beat Anastasia Potapova (5): 7-5, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Danielle Collins: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Mariam Bolkvadze (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Joanna Garland (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Kimberly Birrell beat Xinyu Wang (6): 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1
• Bernarda Pera beat Magda Linette (4): 6-2, 6-7 (10), 7-5
• Suzan Lamens beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-1
• Yue Yuan (LL) beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun (7) beat Anouck Vrancken Peeters (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Elise Mertens beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 6-0
• Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-3, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Arianne Hartono (WC): 7-6 (11), 7-5