Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova advanced to the second round of the Strasbourg Open by winning against Pole Magdalena Frech 6-3, 7-5 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday.
Blinkova, ranked No 65, will face second seed Emma Navarro next.
Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Emma Raducanu vs. Daria Kasatkina: monday
- Danielle Collins beat Sofia Kenin: 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Caroline Dolehide (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Clara Tauson: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Marie Bouzkova (LL) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Diane Parry (WC) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 6-3
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-0, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (8) beat Linda Noskova: 6-1, 7-5
