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Gracheva converted her fifth break point of the
game to go up 5-3 in the third set, but Linette immediately
broke back to extend the match. Gracheva closed out the victory
in the next game, converting the sixth of her 12 break-point
opportunities in the contest.
The other seeded players in action all advanced. No. 3 Anastasia
Potapova of Russia routed the United States' Elizabeth Mandlik
6-2, 6-0. No. 5 Sloane Stephens won an all-U.S. matchup with
Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-3, and No. 4 Danielle Collins of the
United States downed Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-4.
No. 8 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine ousted Hungary's Dalma Galfi 7-5,
6-1.
Also moving on were Russia's Erika Andreeva and Anna Kalinskaya,
Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam and the United States' Madison
Brengle, Coco Vandeweghe and Caty McNally.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova saved a match point in the third set
en route to a 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (5) upset of sixth-seeded
Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in first-round action
at Monterrey, Mexico.
Rakhimova was down 4-5, 30-40 in the final set before winning
the next three points to prolong the match. The subsequent
tiebreaker saw the server lose seven of the 12 points, including
Siniakova dropping the last point.
Top-seeded Caroline Garcia of France defeated Slovenia's Kaja
Juvan 6-3, 6-4, and third-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia,
fourth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium, seventh-seeded Mayar
Sherif of Egypt and eighth-seeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto also
moved on.
Other Tuesday winners were Germany's Tatjana Maria, Spain's
Nuria Parrizas Diaz, China's Xinyu Wang, the United States' Emma
Navarro and Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
--Field Level Media
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