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Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion who’s trying to enhance on a tough season, registered a first-round upset on the San Diego Open on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old American beat sixth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-4, 6-4. Kenin hasn’t superior to the quarterfinals of an occasion since attending to the semis at Hobart, Australia, in January.
Another seeded Russian participant fell on Tuesday, as No. 8 Ekaterina Alexandrova misplaced to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 7-5. Ostapenko squandered a match level within the second set however finally prevailed.
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and the U.S. pair of Danielle Collins and Sloane Stephens gained their opening-round matches in straight units. In the ultimate match of the night time, seventh-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil was set to face Canada’s Leylah Fernandez.
Japan Open
Top-seeded Lin Zhu gained an all-Chinese first-round match in Osaka, Japan, squeezing previous Xiyu Wang 6-4, 6-4.
Zhu bought the one break of the primary set for a 4-3 lead. Wang could not benefit from her solely break factors of the match at 1-2 within the second set, and Zhu broke within the subsequent recreation.
Canada’s Rebecca Marino upset seventh-seeded Nao Hibino of Japan 6-3, 6-4. Other first-round winners have been France’s Jessika Ponchet, Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya, the Netherlands’ Arianne Hartono, Japan’s Mai Hontama and Himeno Sakatsume.
–Field Level Media