WTA roundup: Belinda Bencic wins first-round match at Stuttgart

[April 20, 2021]    Eighth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Germany's Nastasja Schunk on Monday in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany.

Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Germany's Nastasja Schunk after their first round match Pool via REUTERS/Thomas Kienzle

Bencic completed the victory over the 17-year-old Schunk in one hour and 28 minutes. Schunk made it into the main draw with two qualifying victories.

The day's only other first-round match featured Maria Sakkari and the Greek recorded six aces while posting a 6-2, 6-2 victory over German wildcard Andrea Petkovic. Sakkari won 80.8 percent of her first-serve points.

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Eighth-seeded Qiang Wang of China knocked off Russia's Anastasia Gasanova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round at Istanbul, Turkey.

Croatia's Ana Konjuh also advanced as she registered a 7-5, 6-2 win over Italy's Sara Errani. Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic notched a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win over Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz.

Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic outlasted Spain's Cristina Bucsa 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3. Also, a match between Russians Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Anastasia Potapotva was suspended due to rain prior to the third set and will be resumed Tuesday.

(Field Level Media)

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