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Wang won 81 percent of her first-serve points
and saved four of the five break points she faced. She failed to
take advantage of three set points on Bronzetti's serve at 5-4
in the first set, then needed two more set points to wrap up the
tiebreaker. The lone break in the second set gave Wang a 3-2
lead.
In other opening-round action, fifth-seeded Diane Parry won an
all-French matchup against Jessika Ponchet 6-3, 7-6 (4);
eighth-seeded Yue Yuan of China rallied past Australia's Arina
Rodionova 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; and Colombia's Camila Osorio routed
France's Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-2.
Cymbiotika San Diego Open
Canada's Marina Stakusic beat Russia's Marina Melnikova 6-4,
5-7, 6-1 in a first-round matchup of qualifiers at San Diego.
Stakusic, 19, is ranked 283rd in the world. Melnikova, 35, is
ranked 440th.
Stakusic had a 4-0 edge in aces and she won 78 percent of
Melnikova's second-serve points. Her second-round foe will be
either seventh-seeded Croatian Donna Vekic or Katherine Hui, a
19-year-old wild-card entrant who is a San Diego native.
Other first-round winners included China's Xinyu Wang,
Australia's Daria Saville, Great Britain's Katie Boulter and
Germany's Jule Niemeier. Sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine
outlasted U.S. qualifier Ann Li 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the last match
of the night.
--Field Level Media
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