WTA - Lyon 2R start

First round completed and second round commenced in Lyon.

2021 Open 6ème Sens Métropole de Lyon - a WTA 250 tournament, on Hard Indoor, in Lyon, France, 1-7 March 2021.

2020 champion (not defending):

Sofia Kenin (1) who defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-2 4-6 6-4 

First round results:

- Qualifier Viktorija Golubic defeated Vera Lapko 5-7 6-4 6-3

- Wildcard Clara Burel defeated Alizé Cornet (5) 6-1 1-6 6-3

Second round results:

- Qualifier Clara Tauson defeated Timea Babos 6-2 6-3

- Camila Giorgi defeated Nina Stojanovic 2-6 6-1 7-6(5)

- Fiona Ferro (2) defeated qualifier Tereza Martincova 6-2 4-1 (retired)