Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 6 seed, won against Swiss Joanne Zuger 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Open d’Angers at Arena Loire in Trélazé on Monday night.
Blinkova, ranked No 80, will face the winner of the match between Dane Clara Tauson and German wildcard Sabine Lisicki next.
Trélazé WTA 125, other first-round results (Arena Loire, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Magali Kempen vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Diane Parry
- Emeline Dartron vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Shuai Zhang vs. Alycia Parks
- Katrina Scott vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Karolina Muchova vs. Clara Burel
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Sofia Kenin
- Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Clara Tauson vs. Sabine Lisicki
- Tatjana Maria vs. Greet Minnen
- Joanna Garland vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Jessika Ponchet (WC) beat Katarina Zavatska: 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3)
- Tamara Korpatsch (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Yanina Wickmayer: 6-1, 7-6 (5)