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Noskova saved 8 of 9 break points while going
5-for-5 on her opportunities to break Ostapenko. It's already
Noskova's third win over a top 10 opponent this year, including
an upset of World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland at the Australian
Open.
In a match that took just 46 minutes, Jasmine Paolini dominated
fellow Italian Sara Errani and prevailed 6-1, 6-0.
No. 5 seed Qinwen Zheng of China and No. 6 seed Marketa
Vondrousova of the Czech Republic won their first-round matches
in straight sets, while Belgian Elise Mertens outlasted
Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole
No. 2 seed Caroline Garcia of France got past Italy's Elisabetta
Cocciaretto 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in first-round action in Rouen,
France.
Garcia hit 11 aces and capitalized on eight double faults by her
opponent, but she fell behind in the third set and had to win
four straight games to rally to victory. No. 1 seed Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova of Russia had an easier time in defeating
France's Alice Robbe 6-2, 6-2 in 67 minutes.
No. 3 Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine took down Alize Cornet of
France 6-4, 7-5, but it wasn't all bad for the host country, as
French seventh seed Clara Burel rallied past Ukrainian Katarina
Zavatska 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Other winners included No. 4 seed Yue
Yuan of China, Serbia's Natalija Stevanovic, Arantxa Rus of the
Netherlands and Elina Avanesyan of Russia.
--Field Level Media
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