Gstaad (Switzerland) July 17 (IANS) France s Alize Cornet qualified for the Swiss Open s second round on Tuesday after defeating world No. 190 Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain 6-2 6-2.
Cornet world No. 48 fired two aces but committed six double faults compared to her Spanish opponent s zero and two respectively reports Efe news.
In other Swiss Open action World No. 92 Evgeniya Rodina of Russia beat world No. 96 Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 7-6 (13-11) to reach the tournament s second round.
The 29-year-old is set to face off against world No. 115 Mona Barthel of Germany who on Monday beat Russia s Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-4 3-6 6-2.

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