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Mladenovic, who had 14 double faults, failed to
win a game on her own serve in the opening set, but she settled
in from there. She cruised through the second set without being
broken, then broke Paquet's serve four times in the third set,
including to clinch the match after Mladenovic failed to serve
out at 5-3.
Also advancing to the Round of 16 were No. 6 Jil Teichmann of
Switzerland, No. 7 Daria Kasatkina of Russia and No. 8 Viktoria
Kuzmova of Slovakia. Teichmann was the only seeded player to win
in straight sets, downing France's Clara Burel 6-4, 6-3.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Top seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine cruised through the opening
round, dispatching Montenegro's Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-2 in
exactly an hour at Monterrey, Mexico.
Svitolina had six aces and three double faults, not facing a
break point all match. She won 24 of 29 (83 percent) first-serve
points.
Also moving on were No. 2 Johanna Konta of Great Britain and No.
10 Lauren Davis of the United States, who downed Argentina's
Nadia Podoroska 6-0, 6-3. Konta won 6-3, 7-5 over Belgium's Kim
Clijsters, a 36-year-old playing her second match after more
than seven years away from the WTA Tour.
The only seeded player in action to fall was Belarus' Victoria
Azarenka, who lost 6-2, 6-2 in just 67 minutes to Slovenia's
Tamara Zidansek.
--Field Level Media
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