WTA Hobart: Gracheva makes second round, meets Rus next
The eighth-seeded Frenchwoman defeated American Peyton Stearns 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5 in the first round on Monday
Varvara Gracheva (Imago/Panoramic)
Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, edged out American Peyton Stearns 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Hobart International at the Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.
Gracheva, ranked No 39, will play Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus next.
Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):
- Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Martina Trevisan
- Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
- Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Greet Minnen vs. Sofia Kenin
- Mayar Sherif vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Lin Zhu vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anna Blinkova vs. Daria Saville
- Elise Mertens vs. Danielle Collins
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Camila Osorio
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