Wimbledon semi-finalist Tatjana Maria easily made it into the second round of the tennis tournament in Bogotá.
The 35-year-old from Bad Saulgau beat Katrina Scott from the USA 6-1, 6-4. Maria, seeded number two, is the only German starter at the nearly 260,000 US dollar clay court tournament in the Colombian capital.
At the WTA tournament in Charleston/USA, on the other hand, Anna-Lena Friedsam was the end of the line in the first round. The 29-year-old from Andernach lost against the Russian Varvara Gratschowa 6:7 (3:7), 2:6.