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Sasnovich converted seven of eight break points
and advanced to face Russia's Maria Timofeeva, a 7-5, 7-6 (3)
winner against Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert.
No. 4 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain held off Bulgaria's
Gergana Topalova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, but the other two seeded players
in action were not as fortunate. Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands
rolled 6-3, 6-0 over No. 8 Varvara Gracheva of France, and
Russia's Elina Avanesyan knocked out No. 5 Magda Frech of Poland
7-6 (5), 6-4.
Also advancing were Spain's Rebeka Masarova, Slovakia's Anna
Karolina Schmiedlova and France's Carole Monnet.
Palermo Ladies Open
No. 2 seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic was up 7-6
(14), 5-1 in the first round in Italy when Poland's Katarzyna
Kawa was forced to retire.
Their marathon first-set tiebreak included three set points for
Kawa and eight for Muchova, who faces Noma Noha Akugue of
Germany in the second round. Noha Akugue outlasted countrywoman
Mona Barthel 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
Australia's Astra Sharma eliminated sixth-seeded Russian Anna
Blinkova 6-0, 7-5. Switzerland's Jil Teichmann was a 6-1, 6-1
winner over Mia Ristic of Serbia. Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu
dominated Spain's Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0, 6-0 in 58 minutes.
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