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Bucsa, a 24-year-old who is ranked 139th in the world, had never
previously defeated a player rated in the top 50. She prevailed
despite registering no aces and six double faults. Bucsa also
faced 15 break points but saved 10 of them. Cornet staved off
just five of 11 break points on her serve.
Sixth-seeded Ana Konjuh of Croatia also dropped her first-round
match after winning the first set, falling 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 to
British qualifier Katie Boulter.
Fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy beat Romania's Irina Maria
Bara 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, and Russia's Varvara Gracheva, Hungary's
Anna Bondar and Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele also advanced.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Fourth-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain needed more than
three hours to complete a 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1 win over Russia's
Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round at Monterrey, Mexico.
Sorribes Tormo finished with a 71 percent to 58 percent edge in
first-serve rate.
Second-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada cruised past Slovakia's
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Camila Osorio
of Colombia got past Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-3, 7-6 (6),
finally wrapping up the second-set tiebreaker on her fourth
match point.
Other first-round winners were Mexico's Marcela Zacarias,
Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova, Great Britain's Heather Watson,
Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia and France's Harmony Tan.
--Field Level Media
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