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No. 8 Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain cruised to a
6-4, 6-0 defeat of China's Jiang Xinyu in her opening match at
the WTA 250 event. Australia's Kimberly Birrell beat China's Wei
Sijia 7-5, 7-5 and Colombia's Camila Osorio crushed China's Ma
Ye-Xin 6-1, 6-0.
Amina Anshba outlasted fellow Russian Elina Avanesyan 2-6, 7-6
(4), 6-4 and Russia's Vera Zvonareva breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 win
over the Netherlands' Arianne Hartono.
Transylvania Open
Eighth seed Jodie Burrage of Great Britain swept past India's
Ankita Raina 6-0, 6-2 in just 62 minutes in first-round action
in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Burrage won 20 of 27 first return points, saved five of seven
break points and broke Raina seven times in 11 opportunities to
dominate.
Russia's Ekaterina Makarova toppled seventh seed Kateryna Baindl
of Ukraine 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. Spanish fourth seed Rebeka Masarova
had an easier time, beating Noma Noha Akugue of Germany 6-4,
6-0.
Nikola Bartunkova of the Czech Republic and Romanians Patricia
Maria Tig and Miriam Bulgaru also won their opening matches.
Jasmin Open Monastir
Argentina's Nadia Podoroska rallied to upset No. 5 seed Anna
Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on the first day
of action in Monastir, Tunisia.
Despite saving 13 break points, Schmiedlova still had her serve
broken seven times and committed nine double faults.
No. 8 seed Clara Burel of France needed just 59 minutes to beat
Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 6-2. Other winners included
Belarus' Iryna Shymanovich and Italians Sara Errani and Lucrezia
Stefanini.
--Field Level Media
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