Serbia’s Olga Danilovic shocked defending champion McCartney Kessler 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 within the first spherical on Monday on the Hobart Worldwide in Australia.
Danilovic trailed 4-3 within the deciding set, then collected an important break within the ninth sport to tug forward and served out the match in two hours and 6 minutes. She transformed 5 of seven break factors and saved 5 of 9.
Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic additionally moved into the second spherical by way of upset, defeating seventh-seeded Emiliana Arango of Colombia 7-5, 6-1. No. 4 seed Ann Li rallied previous fellow American Katie Volynets 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy and Argentina’s Solana Sierra additionally superior.
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Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian upended fourth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-4 in first-round motion in Australia.
No. 5 Clara Tauson of Denmark additionally made an early exit, retiring after dropping the primary set 7-6 (5) to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia. No. 6 Emma Navarro wanted solely 78 minutes to finish a 6-3, 6-3 win in opposition to Aussie Emerson Jones and No. 8 Victoria Mboko of Canada rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Australia’s Daria Kasatkina defeated Greece’s Maria Sakkari 7-6 (2), 6-4. Russian Anna Kalinskaya and Czech Marie Bouzkova additionally superior to the second spherical. Kalinskaya cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Romania’s Elena Gabriela Ruse in 75 minutes, whereas Bouzkova overcame a gradual begin for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win in opposition to Spain’s Paula Badosa.
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