Second-seeded Liudmila Samsonova eased into the second spherical of the Bad Homburg Open with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Viktoriya Tomova on Sunday.
Sara Errani claimed her first tour-level grass-court victory because the 2016 version of Wimbledon, beating Belgian qualifier Maryna Zanevska 6-2, 6-3.
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Ninth-seeded Anna Blinkova rallied to beat residence favourite Sabine Lisicki 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, and Russian participant Evgeniya Rodina beat American Katie Volynets 6-0, 6-4.
There had been wins too for Alizé Cornet and Rebeka Masarova.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com