Sakkari offset seven aces with eight double faults but managed
to save six of nine break points in the two-hour, 45-minute
match on the red clay in Parma, Italy.
No. 4 seed Sloane Stephens also came from behind for a 3-6, 6-3,
6-4 win against Poland's Magdalena Frech. No. 6 Ana Bogdan of
Romania breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 over Brazil's Laura Pigossi.
Lauren Davis was a 7-5, 7-5 winner against Italy's Sara Errani
and Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated Hungary's Reka-Luca
Jani 6-2, 6-4.
Tallinn Open
No. 2 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland opened play in Tallinn,
Estonia, with a decisive 6-0, 6-2 win against Elena Malygina of
Estonia.
Swiss compatriot Viktorija Golubic knocked out No. 4 seed
Madison Keys 6-3, 6-2. No. 7 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech
Republic was the only other seeded player in action, advancing
with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) win over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.
Other winners on the opening day of the hard court event
included Great Britain's Katie Boulter, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk,
and the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova.
--Field Level Media
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