No. 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia needed
just 51 minutes to oust Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko 6-0, 6-1, but
Great Britian's Heather Watson upset ninth seed Veronika
Kudermetova 6-3, 7-5.
Other winners Tuesday included Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina,
Poland's Magda Linette and Spaniards Cristina Bucsa and Sara
Sorribes Tormo.
Transylvania Open
German No. 2 seed Tatjana Maria got past China's Zhuoxuan Bai
7-5, 6-3 in opening-round action in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
No. 6 seed Elina Avanesyan of Russia also advanced in straight
sets, beating Germany's Tamara Korpatsch 6-4, 7-6 (3). Avanesyan
won nearly 60 percent of her first-return points (23 of 39).
The only match to go the distance saw France's Alize Cornet hold
off Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Also advancing
were Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, Jaqueline Cristian
of Romania, Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia, Erika Andreeva of
Russia and Harriet Dart of Great Britain.
--Field Level Media
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