World No. 155 Elina Avanesyan started with a victory at the WTA-250 SP Open tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the first round, the Armenian representative faced world No. 144 Julia Riera of Argentina and won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. In the second round, Elina Avanesyan will face the winner of the match be- tween Armenia’s Alina Charaeva and China’s You Xiaodi. The prize fund for the SP Open is $283,000.