WTA Hobart: Rus beats Fruhvirtova to advance to second round

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus reached the second round of the Hobart International by defeating lucky loser Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 at the Domain Tennis Centre on Monday.

Rus, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between American Peyton Stearns and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, next.

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

• 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
• Peyton Stearns vs. Varvara Gracheva

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