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Brady, a 28-year-old from Harrisburg, Pa., was
sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021.
Back at full strength, she needed just 68 minutes to beat
Kalinina, ranked No. 28 in the world, by winning a whopping 18
of 20 first-service points (90 percent) and converting six of
nine break-point opportunities.
Two other Americans won early Tuesday, with Hailey Baptiste
defeating Czech foe Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 0-6, 6-3 and Peyton
Stearns topping Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-4.
Romania's Sorana Cirstea won a marathon second-set tiebreaker to
take down Petra Martic of Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (13). Martic led 6-3
before Cirstea saved three straight set points; Martic
eventually failed on seven occasions to close it out before
Cirstea pushed ahead for good.
In evening matches, Canada's Leylah Fernandez eliminated the
United States' Bernarda Pera 6-3, 7-5, and seventh-seeded
Madison Keys of the U.S. topped China's Qinwen Zheng 7-5, 6-1.
Livesport Prague Open
No. 4 seed Linda Noskova is the highest seed still standing in
her home nation after beating Elvina Kalieva 6-1, 6-2 in 60
minutes in the Czech Republic.
After another Czech player, No. 1 seed Marie Bouzkova, was
defeated Monday, the second and third seeds lost their
first-round matches on Tuesday. Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer
rallied past Chinese No. 2 Lin Zhu 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, and Yue Yuan
beat No. 3 Shuai Zhang 6-2, 6-2 in an all-Chinese battle.
No. 9 seed Xiyu Wang of China beat Denmark's Clara Tauson 6-3,
6-2. French No. 6 seed Alize Cornet completed a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
win over Czech foe Lucie Havlickova after their match was
suspended Monday.
Other winners Tuesday included Germany's Jule Niemeier, the
Czech Republic's Tereza Martincova, Kaia Kanepi of Estonia,
Emiliana Arango of Colombia and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of
Slovakia.
--Field Level Media
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