French qualifier Alice Robbe moved into the second round of the Grand Est Open by defeating Swiss Ylena In-Albon, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville on Monday.
Robbe, ranked No 318, will face the winner of the match between Mexican Fernanda Contreras Gomez and Italian qualifier Camilla Rosatello next.
Contrexéville WTA 125, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Olga Danilovic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Sara Errani
- Erika Andreeva vs. Oceane Dodin
- Andrea Lazaro Garcia vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Arantxa Rus vs. Julie Gervais
- Kristina Mladenovic vs. Dalma Galfi
- Margaux Rouvroy vs. Alexandra Ignatik
- Stefanie Voegele vs. Anna Blinkova
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anna Bondar vs. Laura Pigossi
- Lena Papadakis vs. Zoe Hives
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Katie Volynets
- Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Camilla Rosatello
- Audrey Albie vs. Olivia Gadecki