WTA Hobart: Mertens beats former Australian Open finalist Collins
The two-time Hobart champion will face Slovak qualifier Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the next round
Elise Mertens (AI / Reuters / Panoramic)
Belgian Elise Mertens, the top seed and two-time champion here, advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by defeating American Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3 at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.
Mertens, ranked No 29 in the world, will face Slovak qualifier Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova next.
Hobart WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082):
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 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
- 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
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