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It was the 12th career Top 10 win for Vekic,
who needed two hours, 14 minutes to eliminate Rybakina of
Kazakhstan. Rybakina, the World No. 3, is the defending
Wimbledon champion and had won eight straight matches on grass.
Vekic, ranked No. 23 in the world, controlled the match with her
serve. She saved two break points in the first set and lost only
11 points on her serve in 10 games across the final two sets.
No. 3 seed Caroline Garcia of France beat Jaimee Fourlis of
Australia, 6-3, 6-2; sixth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece
defeated Alize Cornet of France, 6-4, 6-2; and Petra Kvitova of
the Czech Republic, the seventh seed, cruised past Nadia
Podoroska of Argentina, 6-1, 6-1.
Other winners were Elina Avanesyan and Veronika Kudermetova of
Russia, and Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.
Rothesay Classic
No. 1 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic sailed by
Cristina Bucsa of Spain 6-3, 6-3 on a day that saw all the other
seeded players fall in Birmingham, England.
Lin Zhu of China eliminated No. 3 seed Magda Linette of Poland
6-3, 6-0, Brit Harriet Dart defeated No. 5 Anhelina Kalinina of
Ukraine 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, Czech Linda Fruhvirtova ousted No. 6
Bernarda Pera 6-1, 7-6 (3), and American Emina Bektas beat Shuai
Zhang of China, the No. 7 seed, 6-4, 6-3.
Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic and Canada's Rebecca
Marino also advanced.
--Field Level Media
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