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Vekic crushed the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2,
and Collins ousted Italy's Martina Trevisan 6-2, 6-4.
While Vekic won 70 percent of her first-serve points, Pliskova
wound up at 48 percent in that category. Collins finished with a
4-0 edge in aces and with seven service breaks to Trevisan's
four.
In the last match of the night, fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula
crushed Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1 in an all-American,
second-round matchup.
The day's other match was the completion of a first-round
encounter that was suspended due to rain Tuesday night.
Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff completed a 6-3, 6-3 victory over
qualifier Robin Montgomery in an all-U.S. showdown.
Transylvania Open
Eighth-seeded Anna Bondar of Hungary beat Great Britain's
Harriet Dart 7-6 (3), 6-4 in second-round play, earning a
quarterfinal berth at Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Bondar jumped ahead 4-0 in the first-set tiebreaker, lost the
next three points, the won the last three. Bondar scored the
only service break of the second set to go up 2-1, then served
out the match, though she had to save four break points in the
final game to hold on.
Italy's Jasmine Paolini defeated Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska
6-4, 6-1 while Germany's Jule Niemeier topped Russia's Kamilla
Rakhimova in second-round action. In the final two first-round
matches, China's Xinyu Wang upset fifth-seeded Magda Linette of
Poland 6-2, 6-4, and Hungary's Dalma Galfi rallied past
ninth-seeded Lucia Bronzetti of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
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