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Kasatkina won despite committing 12 double faults and Minnen
serving five aces. Kasatkina saved six of 10 break points during
the two-hour, 57-minute match.
Third seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy, fourth seed Anna Bondar of
Hungary, fifth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain, eighth seed
Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic and 10th seed Marta
Kostyuk of Ukraine all won their matches in straight sets.
No. 7 seed Kaja Juvan of Slovenia bowed out early, falling 7-5,
6-3 to Canadian Cadence Brace. Two more Canadians, Rebecca
Marino and Marina Stakusic, also advanced, as did France's Diane
Parry and China's Xiyu Wang.
Tennis in the Land
Italian No. 2 seed Martina Trevisan rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
victory over Egypt's Mayar Sherif in a first-round match in
Cleveland.
Trevisan committed nine double faults without recording an ace,
but still won on the strength of winning two-thirds of her
first-service points (36 of 54) and converting 5 of 9
break-point opportunities.
Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain and Camila Osorio of Colombia
finished up a match that was suspended Sunday due to weather,
with Sorribes Tormo prevailing 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 in three hours
and 54 minutes.
Top-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic had little
trouble with American lucky loser Francesca Di Lorenzo, cruising
to a 6-3, 6-1 victory.
Third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia edged the United
States' Lauren Davis 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Alize
Cornet of France routed Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1.
Other winners Monday included Laura Siegemund of Germany, Shuai
Zhang of China, Magda Linette of Poland, Clara Tauson of
Denmark, Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Americans Sofia Kenin,
Madison Brengle and Bernarda Pera.
--Field Level Media
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