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Nineteen-year-old American Ashlyn Krueger, ranked No. 123 on this planet, upset eighth-seeded Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine 6-2, 6-3 within the opening spherical of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships on Monday in Osaka.
Krueger received 27 of her 38 first-service factors and cleaned up 9 of her 15 second-service factors. She received the ultimate 4 video games of the primary set and the ultimate three video games of the second to drag away in a tidy 82 minutes.
No. 5 seed Nadia Podoroska of Argentina wanted three units to get by China’s Yue Yuan 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. No. 6 seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Diana Shnaider of Russia, saving six of seven break factors alongside the way in which.
Russia’s Valeria Savinykh defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Two matches have been within the third set once they have been suspended till Tuesday. No. 4 seed Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic and Great Britain’s Harriet Dart have been tied a set apiece, 7-5, 5-7. Japan’s Mai Hontama led South Korea’s Su Jeong Jang 7-5, 0-6, 5-1.
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Katie Volynets rallied previous 17-year-old qualifier Clervie Ngounoue 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in an all-U.S. matchup in the course of the first spherical at San Diego.
Ngounoue, ranked 224th on this planet, was enjoying in simply her second match in a top-level WTA Tour occasion. She just lately misplaced to Australia’s Daria Saville within the first spherical of the U.S. Open.
Volynets, 21, had misplaced her previous eight top-level WTA Tour matches since reaching the semifinals at Austin, Texas, in March.
In different opening-round motion, Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich upset fifth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, the United States’ Emma Navarro and Colombia’s Camila Osorio additionally received first-round matches.
The final match of the night time was set to function Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina and the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova.
–Field Level Media