Upper Austria Ladies: Blinkova beats qualifier Kraus, with Svitolina awaiting

Russian Anna Blinkova won against Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus 7-6 (3), 6-2 to reach the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz on Wednesday.

Blinkova, ranked No 83, will play second seed Elina Svitolina next.

Linz WTA 500, other first-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan (7) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
• Dayana Yastremska (5) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Petra Martic (Q) beat Eva Lys (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Julia Grabher (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (8) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-3
• Antonia Ruzic (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea beat Arantxa Rus: 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 7-6 (7), 6-4