WTA Hobart: Lucky loser Tomova advances to second round

Bulgarian lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova beat Italian Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Hobart International at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Tomova, ranked No 77, will face German Tatjana Maria, the No 9 seed, in the next round.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):

• Caroline Dolehide beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
• Lin Zhu (3) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 6-1
• Daria Saville (WC) beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
• Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
• Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Greet Minnen vs. Sofia Kenin