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The No. 2 seed, Shuai Zhang of China, was also
eliminated when she retired to Hungarian Amarissa Toth.
Ninth-seeded Argentine Nadia Podoroska and Kazakhstan's Yulia
Putintseva, the No. 4 seed, both held off unranked opponents in
three sets.
Hungary's Anna Bondar, Italian Fanny Stollar, Russia's Maria
Timofeeva, German Tamara Korpatsch and Anna Siskova of the Czech
Republic also won their respective matches.
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Russian Erika Andreeva overcame an early deficit to upset
sixth-seeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the opening round in
Italy.
After a 4-6 loss in the opening set, Andreeva took control,
winning 6-0 and 6-2 to oust Bronzetti on her native soil.
Andreeva racked up seven aces against two double faults, while
Bronzetti failed to record an ace and finished with three double
faults.
Bronzetti wasn't the only Italian to fall to an unseeded
opponent on Tuesday, as Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain earned a
6-3, 4-6, 6-0 victory against No. 4 seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini beat Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands
to prevent a third Italian from suffering an upset, but
countrywoman Martina Trevisan fell to No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina
of Russia in three sets.
Other winners included Colombian Camila Osorio, Ukrainian Dayana
Yastremska, Russians Tatiana Prozorova and Sofya Lansere,
Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, third-seeded Egyptian Mayar Sherif and
seventh-seeded American Emma Navarro.
--Field Level Media
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