Samsonova, Errani advance in Bad Homburg

Tennis

BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Second-seeded Liudmila Samsonova eased into the second round 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 since Wimbledon in 2016 by beating Belgian qualifier Maryna Zanevska 6-2, 6-3.

Ninth-seeded Anna Blinkova rallied to beat home favorite Sabine Lisicki 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, and Russian Evgeniya Rodina beat American Katie Volynets 6-0, 6-4.

There were wins too for Alizé Cornet and Rebeka Masarova.

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