The fourth-seeded Alize Cornet was defeated at the start of the WTA 250 Lyon Open

The fifth-seeded Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini defeated Romanian Irina Maria Bara with 2-1 (4:6, 7:5, 6:3) in the WTA 250 tournament in Lyon with a prize pool of 239,477 USD. The match between the two lasted 2:27 hours.

Russia’s Varvara Gracheva defeated Slovakia’s Kristína Kucova with 2-0 (7:6, 7:6) in a 2:20-hour match.

Surprisingly, the Spaniard Cristina Bucsa defeated the fourth-seeded Frech player Alize Cornet with 2-1 (1:6, 6:4, 6:1). The representative of the hosts Alize Cornet recently reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

In another match of the tournament, the Hungarian Anna Bondar defeated the Japanese Yuriko Lily Miyazaki in three sets match with 2-1 (6:7, 6:3, 7:5) in 2 hours and 40 minutes.