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After dropping the first set and more or less
controlling the second, Pegula squandered a 4-2 lead in the
third set. She leapt out to a 6-1 lead in the tiebreaker before
winning on her third match point.
Anisimova made Pegula work hard by saving 11 of 15 break points
and winning more than half of her second return points (21 of
40). But Pegula held firm, and in the third set she won 27 of
her 39 service points in order to put away the two-hour,
26-minute match.
No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece defeated Bulgaria's Viktoriya
Tomova 6-3, 6-3, while Magda Linette of Poland stormed back for
a 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 upset of Ukrainian 13th seed Dayana Yastremska.
Other winners included Australia's Astra Sharma and Italy's
Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Americans Sloane Stephens, Danielle Collins, Taylor Townsend,
Ashlyn Krueger and Caroline Dolehide all won their first-round
matches; Stephens took just 66 minutes to sweep Poland's
Magdalena Frech 6-0, 6-2. No. 8 seed Madison Keys fell to
Romanian Jaqueline Cristian in the nightcap, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Copa Colsanitas Zurich
Laura Pigossi of Brazil took down fifth seed Nadia Podoroska
6-4, 6-1 in a mere 75 minutes in opening-round action in Bogota,
Colombia.
Pigossi won an overwhelming 27 of 33 first-serve points (81.8
percent), saved three of four break points and broke Podoroska's
serve four times.
No. 2 seed Tatjana Maria of Germany took care of Hungary's Anna
Bondar 6-3, 6-2. Spaniards Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina
Bucsa, the third and fourth seeds, both advanced in straight
sets, while sixth seed Camila Osorio prevailed on home soil by
going 8-for-12 in break points converted against Canada's Marina
Stakusic.
Other winners included top-seeded Czech Marie Bouzkova, Julia
Riera of Argentina, Romania's Anca Todoni, American Hailey
Baptiste, Italian Sara Errani and Jule Niemeier and No. 7 seed
Laura Siegemund of Germany.
--Field Level Media
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