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Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, the eighth seed,
was upset by Colombian Camila Osorio 6-4, 7-5.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were Nao Hibino of Japan, a
6-3, 7-5 winner over Kimberly Birrell of Australia, and Diana
Shnaider of Russia. Shnaider's opponent, fellow Russian Vera
Zvonareva, was down a set but leading 1-0 in the second set when
she retired due to illness.
Transylvania Open
Fourth-seeded Rebeka Masarova of Spain recovered from a slow
start to beat Romania's Miriam Bulgaru 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-0 in the
second round at Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Bulgaru served for the match at 6-5 in the second set but
couldn't close it out. Masarova wound up needing eight set
points -- five of them in the tiebreaker -- to take the middle
set. The final set was one-sided, with Masarova never facing a
break point as she advanced to the quarterfinals.
In other second-round action, Russia's Ekaterina Makarova got
past Romania's Patricia Maria Tig 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, and Ukraine's
Daria Snigur defeated Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-0, 1-6,
6-4.
Switzerland's Jil Teichmann topped Belgian sixth seed Yanina
Wickmayer 6-4, 7-6 (6) while Romania's Jaqueline Cristian ousted
Switzerland's Celine Naef 6-4, 6-4 in the last two first-round
matches.
Jasmin Open Monastir
Sixth-seeded Lucia Bronzetti won an all-Italian second-round
match at Monastir, Tunisia, defeating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-4.
Errani put 85 percent of her first serves in play but won just
48 percent of those points (30 of 62). Bronzetti had just a 59
percent first-serve rate, but she prevailed in 70 percent of
those points (21 of 30).
Elsewhere in the second round, second-seeded Elise Mertens of
Belgium routed Belarus' Iryna Shymanovich 6-3, 6-2. Japan's Mai
Hontama thrashed Argentina's Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1, and
Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini downed Poland's Katarzyna Kawa 6-4,
6-1.
--Field Level Media
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