Frenchwoman Carole Monnet moved into the second round of the Florianopolis Open by beating Brazilian wildcard Carolina M. Alves 6-1, 6-2 on Monday evening.

Monnet, ranked No 181, will play Russian Diana Shnaider, the second seed, next.

Florianopolis WTA 125, other first-round results (, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Carolina Bohrer Martins
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Conny Perrin
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Polona Hercog
• Diane Parry vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Renata Zarazua vs. Panna Udvardy
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Petra Marcinko
• Sara Errani vs. Sara Bejlek
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Laura Pigossi
• Emma Navarro vs. Solana Sierra
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Fiona Ferro
• Ipek Oz beat Anna Bondar (6): 7-5, 6-0
• Gabriela Ce (WC) beat Makenna Jones (Q): 3-6, 6-6 ret.
• Diana Shnaider beat Jamie Loeb (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Despina Papamichail beat Julia Riera: 6-4, 7-6 (2)