PRAGUE:
Native competitor Nikola Bartunkova delivered a nice shock to the followers in attendance when she knocked off No. 3 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 within the opening spherical of the Ostrava Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Monday.
In a carefully contested match, Bartunkova broke serve up 5-4 in every set to come back away with the upset. Linda Fruhvirtova additionally gained in her house nation Monday, beating Germany’s Mona Barthel 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Her older sister, Brenda Fruhvirtova, was not so fortunate, falling 6-1, 6-1 to French qualifier Fiona Ferro. One other Czech competitor, Anna Siskova, additionally misplaced her opening-round match, 6-4, 6-4, to Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch. American Alycia Parks defeated Austria’s Julia Grabher 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Transylvania Open
High-seeded Emma Raducanu began her match with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Belgium’s Greet Minnen on the indoor onerous courts in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The British competitor wanted solely 70 minutes to advance, dealing with no break factors whereas changing 4 of the seven break alternatives she created. No. 3 seed Solana Cirstea additionally started her run within the home-country match with a straight-sets win, 6-4, 6-4, over Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan.
In the one three-set match of the day, Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova got here again to beat wild-card competitor Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. One other Romanian, Ana Bogdan, was defeated in straight units by Poland’s Maja Chwalinska, 6-3, 6-2.
Abu Dhabi Open
Fortunate-loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus pulled off a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 upset of eighth-seeded Spaniard Paula Badosa in opening-round motion on the outside onerous courts within the United Arab Emirates.
That was hardly the one drama of the day, as No. 7 seed Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia saved a pair of match factors and survived being damaged six instances in a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia in one in every of 4 three-set matches.
Indonesia’s Janice Tjen defeated Australia’s Maya Joint 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3, and Simona Waltert of Switzerland outlasted Australia’s Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4.
