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Hontama won 80 percent (24 of 30) of her
first-serve points, compared to 68 percent (24 of 42) for
Podoroska in the match lasting 1 hour, 27 minutes.
Third-seeded Xinyu Wang of China converted four of eight break
points in defeating Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 6-3 in
2 hours in the Round of 32.
Other winners in the Round of 16, all in straight sets, were
American Ashlyn Krueger, Russian Anna Kalinskaya and sixth seed
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
San Diego Open
Russia's Anastasia Potapova survived a return-dominated match to
upset top-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the
second round at San Diego.
Potapova won just 51 percent of her service points, while Jabeur
won only 46 percent. Each player had significantly more double
faults than aces: 7-1 for Potapova, 9-2 for Jabeur.
Up next for Potapova is a quarterfinal meeting with former
Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who won an all-U.S.
matchup vs. Katie Volynets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Second-seeded
Caroline Garcia of France ousted the United States' Sloane
Stephens 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were third-seeded Maria
Sakkari of Greece, fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech
Republic, and U.S. players Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins.
In the last match of the night, seventh-seeded Beatriz Haddad
Maia of Brazil defeated Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 6-7 (3),
6-2.
--Field Level Media
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