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Bouzkova was born and raised in Prague and won
this tournament last year for her maiden WTA singles title.
Those good feelings did not carry over into this week, as
Cristian broke Bouzkova's serve eight times in 14 opportunities
to control the match and win in two hours and 47 minutes.
Seventh seed Xinyu Wang of China also fell, as Viktoria
Hruncakova of Slovakia rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) win.
No. 8 seed Kateryna Baindl beat fellow Ukrainian Dayana
Yastremska 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, while No. 6 seed Alize Cornet of
France led Czech foe Lucie Havlickova 6-2, 4-2 when their match
was suspended. Japan's Nao Hibino and Germany's Tamara Korpatsch
also won their matches.
Mubadala Citi DC Open
Lauren Davis outlasted Sloane Stephens 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-1 in an
all-American, first-round match in Washington.
Davis knocked off Stephens, the 2015 champion of the event, in
two hours and 37 minutes in part by saving nine of 14 break
points.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk saved three match points to
complete a comeback win over Canada's Bianca Andreescu, 2-6,
6-3, 7-6 (5). Andreescu had one match point while up 5-4 in the
third set and double match point while up 6-5, but Kostyuk
stayed alive and forced the tiebreaker, where she never trailed.
No. 6 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland advanced when Russian
opponent Anastasia Potapova retired late in the first set. No. 8
seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia eased past American Danielle
Collins 6-1, 6-3.
Two late matches in Washington pitted Belarusian Victoria
Azarenka against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, and fifth seed Daria
Kasatkina of Russia against Belgium's Elise Mertens.
--Field Level Media
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