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The match turned in the second set when Kontaveit, serving at
3-2, broke her opponent's serve three times to win seven
straight games and take a 4-0 lead in the third set. Xiyu
rallied back to win five of the next six games against the
world's No. 4 player, but Kontaveit broke her serve at 5-5 and
then served out for the win.
No. 3 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil was pushed to three
sets by Wang Xinyu of China before posting a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win.
No. 9 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland topped German Laura
Siegemund 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Other winners Tuesday were Tereza Martincova of the Czech
Republic, Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium, American Ann Li and
Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Parma Ladies Open
Four of the five top-10 seeds in action were ousted in the first
round, with No. 2 Martina Trevisan of Italy, No. 5 seed Anna
Bondar of Hungary, No. 7 Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain and No. 8
Lucia Bronzetti of Italy all eliminated.
The straight-set winners on the clay courts of Parma, Italy,
were Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, Mayar Sherif of Egypt,
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Maryna Zanevska of Belgium,
respectively.
No. 3 seed Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania advanced when Viktoriya
Tomova of Bulgaria retired down 7-5, 5-1.
Other winners included Italians Matilde Paoletti and Jasmine
Paolini, Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, Dalma Galfi of Hungary,
Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands and Simona Waltert of
Switzerland.
--Field Level Media
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