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American teen Ashlyn Krueger did not lose a set your entire event in capturing her first WTA Tour title with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) upset of prime seed Zhu Lin on Sunday on the Japan Open in Osaka.
Ranked No. 123 on the earth, Krueger, 19, entered the week with out a main-draw win on exhausting court docket this 12 months and had by no means superior previous a quarterfinal of a WTA occasion.
China’s Zhu, ranked No. 35, grew to become simply the second top-50 participant to lose to the Dallas resident in her younger profession. This was the pair’s first assembly and Krueger’s eleventh main-draw look.
Krueger had the sting in aces, 7-3, and by no means needed to save a break level within the 96-minute match. She broke Zhu on her first service recreation of the match, and Zhu was 1-for-2 in saving break factors.
“I think I was very aggressive today, playing a lot of really aggressive tennis and using my serve,” stated Krueger, who recorded 28 winners to 13 for her opponent. “I think I just stayed mentally tough the whole time. Lots of aggressive shots and trusting in myself.”
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All 4 seeded gamers who had been in motion posted first-round victories in Mexico.
Twelfth-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine confronted the least resistance amongst that group of winners, shedding solely two video games in beating Grace Min of the United States 6-2, 6-0 in 61 minutes.
In a matchup of Belgians, Thirteenth-seeded Elise Mertens survived a first-set tiebreaker to defeat Yanina Wickmayer 7-6 (4), 6-2. Mertens had eight aces and gained 25 of 35 first-service factors.
No. 15 Jasmine Paolini of Italy had a more durable time within the second set than the primary, defeating Louisa Chirico of the U.S. 6-0, 7-6 (3).
The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova, who’s seeded sixteenth, knocked off Ena Shibahara of Japan 7-5, 6-2.
Elsewhere, Sloane Stephens of the U.S. edged countrywoman Ann Li 7-5, 6-4, and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez breezed previous American Asia Muhammad 6-1, 6-3.
Other winners had been Taylor Townsend, Hailey Baptiste and Alycia Parks of the U.S.; Eugenie Bouchard of Canada; Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine; Martina Trevisan of Italy; Cristina Bucsa of Spain; and Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.
None of the day’s 14 matches went to a 3rd set.
–Field Level Media