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Julia Grabher from Dornbirn is getting better and better.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

Things are clearly looking up for Julia Grabher from Dornbirn. After her title in Santa Margherita di Pula last weekend, the ÖTV ace also made a perfect start to the second week of the tournament.

Julia Grabher is getting better and better after her long break due to a wrist injury. Last week, the Dornbirn native won her first title since her comeback last March at the ITF W35 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula (Italy) with a 3:6, 6:0, 6:2 final victory over Switzerland's Leonie Küng. Grabher climbed around 200 places in the WTA world rankings with the tournament win and is now back in the top 600.

Julia Grabher won the title in the first week of the tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula.(Bild: Instagram/Julia Grabher)

And things are also going well for the 28-year-old in the second week on the island of Sardinia. In the first round, she was up against Alice Rame from France, the tournament's number four. Very successful, and also extremely efficient.

Compared to some of her previous matches this year Grabher played her game consistently and stably, leaving no doubts in her duel with the number 308 in the WTA rankings. The Ländle ace broke early in the first set to make it 2:1, but then had to surrender her serve. However, it was to remain the only service loss. After that, Grabher didn't miss a beat, breaking five times in total - 6:3, 6:2 final score after 1:37 hours.

The Italian qualifier Federica Urgesi (WTA 645) now awaits in the round of 16, another solvable task.