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Despite losing, Wang still managed to finish
with more aces (5-4) and fewer double faults (4-3).
Two other seeded players fell, as the Netherlands' Arantxa Rus
beat Bulgarian seventh seed Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3 and
France's Clara Burel got past eighth-seeded Sophia Kenin of the
United States 6-4, 6-3.
Top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, No. 3 seed Katerina
Siniakova of the Czech Republic, No. 5 seed Russian Anastasia
Potapova and No. 6 seed Peyton Stearns of the United States all
prevailed. Romania's Ana Bogdan also advanced.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Second-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States rallied for a
3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over Colombia's Camila Osorio in
second-round action at Monterrey, Mexico.
The third set featured four consecutive service breaks before
Navarro squandered two match points at 4-5, but she eventually
prevailed in the tiebreaker.
No. 7 seed Yue Yuan of China cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over
Croatia's Petra Martic. Yuan finished with just one ace to
Martic's five but saved 4 of 6 break points and converted 5 of
6.
Third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, fifth-seeded Elina
Svitolina of Ukraine and sixth-seeded Linda Noskova of the Czech
Republic also advanced with straight-set wins.
Poland's Magdalena Frech, the ninth seed, came from behind for a
6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1 win over Israel's Lina Glushko.
New Zealand's Lulu Sun saved a match point late in the third set
and emerged with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Argentina's
Maria Lourdes Carle.
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