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Stollar, a Hungarian playing on home turf,
scored a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6) victory. She converted six of 16
break chances on the day -- none bigger than in the 12th game of
the third set when Maria, serving 6-5 for the match, was shut
out to send the contest to a tiebreak.
Fourth-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan also lost to an
unseeded player when American Claire Liu authored a 6-3, 7-6 (8)
victory.
It was a match of streaks, with Liu winning the last two games
to close out the first set before Putintseva jumped out to a 5-0
lead in the second. Liu fought back to win the next six games to
take the lead before the set and match eventually was settled
via a tiebreak.
Also winning Wednesday were eighth-seeded Anna Karolina
Schmiedlova of Slovakia and Kaja Juvan of Slovenia.
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Qinwen Zheng of China, the second seed, bested France's Diane
Parry 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round in Italy.
Zheng needed two hours, 48 minutes to hold off Parry. Serving at
5-5 of the third set, Parry had an untimely service break,
leaving Zheng to serve for the win.
Seventh-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States advanced with a
6-2, 6-1 victory over Italy's Camilla Rosatello. Navarro won
85.3 percent of her first-serve points.
Also moving on was Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, a 6-3, 6-2
winner over Nuria Brancaccio of Italy. France's Clara Burel
topped another Spaniard, Cristina Bucsa, 6-2, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
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