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The second set lasted more than an hour on its own as neither
played broke serve until third-seeded Raducanu won on her third
set point in the 12th game. It was only Raducanu's second match
on tour since the teenager won at Flushing Meadows in September;
she lost her first match at Indian Wells earlier this month.
Ukrainian No. 6 seed Marta Kostyuk swept American Bernarda Pera
6-3, 6-4. In a battle of two Romanians, Irina Bara upset No. 7
seed Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (2), 0-6, 6-4.
Another winner Tuesday included Romania's Jaqueline Cristian,
who needed 2 hours and 46 minutes to overcome Slovenia's Kaja
Juvan 3-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3).
Courmayeur Ladies Open
Saisai Zheng of China took down fourth-seeded Petra Martic of
Croatia 6-3, 6-4 in the first round at Courmayeur, Italy.
No. 3 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia breezed past Germany's
Stephanie Wagner 6-3, 6-0, while No. 8 seed Shuai Zhang of China
required only 59 minutes to beat Italy's Jessica Pieri 6-1, 6-3.
A third Chinese competitor advanced when Xinyu Wang defeated
Spain's Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 5-0 (ret.).
In an all-Italy match, No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini took care of
countrywoman Martina Di Giuseppe 6-4, 6-1.
--Field Level Media
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