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Tauson, ranked 90th in the world, hit six aces
with one double fault while her opponent had one ace and six
double faults. Tauson won 22 of her 27 first-service points
(81.5 percent) and broke Krejcikova's serve four times in six
opportunities.
No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia of France easily avoided the same
fate as Krejcikova. Garcia needed just 66 minutes to beat Czech
foe Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-2.
No. 11 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy, who reached the
quarterfinals of last week's Western & Southern Open, beat
Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-3.
Others to advance include Russia's Mirra Andreeva, Sara Sorribes
Tormo of Spain, Peyton Stearns, China's Xinyu Wang, Julia
Grabher of Austria and Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.
In the night matches, ninth seed Sloane Stephens rebounded from
a tough first set to defeat fellow American Lauren Davis 1-6,
6-3, 6-1 in just over two hours.
No. 3 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia also bounced back
after losing the first set en route to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory
over Nadia Podoroska of Argentina.
Anhelina Kalinina, the No. 5 seed from Ukraine, had no trouble
dispatching Romania's Ana Bogdan 6-2, 6-2.
Venus Williams, who was set to play on a wild-card entry,
withdrew Sunday due to a recurring knee injury.
--Field Level Media
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