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Raducanu was already two points away from winning the match at
the time. She led 6-2, 5-3, 30-0, having saved three of four
break points while converting four of her five opportunities to
break Yastremska's serve.
No. 2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil opened with a 7-6 (3),
6-3 win over Clara Tauson of Denmark. Haddad Maia served up four
aces and converted five of eight break points.
No. 5 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Ukraine's Marta
Kostyuk 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, despite committing 14 double faults.
And No. 9 seed Anastasia Potapova, also from Russia, needed
almost two hours for a straight-sets win over Claire Liu of the
U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Chennai Open
Wild card Karman Thandi rallied to beat No. 8 seed Chloe Paquet
of France 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 for an upset victory in her native
India.
Thandi, ranked No. 359 in the world, saved five of eight break
points. She came back from down 3-2 in the second set, winning
four of the last five games in the set to extend the match.
No. 5 seed Rebecca Peterson of Sweden beat Victoria Jimenez
Kasintseva of Andorra 6-2, 7-6 (4). Sixth seed Qiang Wang of
China outlasted Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, and
Canadian seventh seed Rebecca Marino handled Russia's Anna
Blinkova 7-5, 6-2.
Other first-round winners included the Czech Republic's Linda
Fruhvirtova, Poland's Katarzyna Kawa, Canada's Eugenie Bouchard
and Japan's Nao Hibino.
--Field Level Media
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