Nottingham begins

With Roland Garros behind us, and Barty and Nadal the toast of Paris, it is now time for grass to rule the tennis world.

This week we have tournaments in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to whet our appetites as we count down to Wimbledon 2019.

Nature Valley Open Nottingham - a WTA International category tournament, on Grass, in Nottingham, England, 10-16 June 2019.

Defending champion:

Ashleigh Barty (1) who defeated Johanna Konta (4) 6-3 3-6 6-4

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Ashleigh Barty replaced by Dalila Jakupovic 

- Katie Boulter replaced by Astra Sharma 

- Mihaela Buzărnescu replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo 

- Vitalia Diatchenko replaced by Bernarda Pera 

- Daria Gavrilova replaced by Jennifer Brady 

- Camila Giorgi replaced by Monica Niculescu 

- Johanna Konta replaced by Heather Watson 

- Anastasia Potapova replaced by Ivana Jorovic 

- Barbora Strycova replaced by Harriet Dart 

- Marketa Vondrousova replaced by Shelby Rogers 

Yulia Putintseva (3) withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Chloé Paquet 

Dayana Yastremska (5) withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Ankita Raina 

Tatjana Maria was instated as 9th seed and Evgeniya Rodina was instated as 10th seed.

Caroline Garcia, world number 28, is top seed.

The top six seeds are all in the top 50

There are no byes

First round results 

- Caroline Garcia (1) defeated wildcard Naiktha Bains 6-1 6-2

- Wildcard Maia Lumsden defeated qualifier Tara Moore 6-3 7-6(3)

- Viktorija Golubic defeated qualifier Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-7(2) 6-3

- Qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated Evgeniya Rodina (10) 6-3 6-3

- Maria Sakkari (4) defeated Heather Watson 6-4 6-3

- Ajla Tomljanovic (6) defeated qualifier Danielle Lao 6-2 6-3

- Heather Dart defeated Vera Lapko 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3

- Bernarda Pera defeated wildcard Katie Swan 7-6(5) 6-1

- Tatjana Maria (9) defeated Monica Niculescu 6-1 3-6 7-6(3)

- Lucky loser Chloé Paquet defeated lucky loser Ankita Raina 5-7 6-4 6-2

- Donna Vekic (2) defeated Dalila Jakupovic 6-2 6-7(5) 6-0

- Jennifer Brady defeated Zhang Shuai (7) 7-5 6-3

- Astra Sharma defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1 (retired)

- Ivana Jorovic defeated qualifier Ellen Perez 6-3 6-4