Stosur enjoys battling grass court win

Former world No.4 Samantha Stosur has moved into the second round of the Mallorca Open after a fighting win over Czech Marketa Vondrousova.

After comfortably winning the first set the 34 year-old Australian was down 5-3 in the second but rattled off four games in a row to register the 6-2 7-5 win.

Stosur has slid to No.98 in the world but can make a concerted push up the rankings over the coming months.

An injury-enforced absence in 2017 left her with no rankings points to defend until mid September.

Stosur will play the winner of the Carla Suarez Navarro-Lara Arruabarrena match for a place in the quarter-finals.