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In other action involving seeded players, No. 1
Jessica Pegula defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2,
6-2 and No. 3 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia was a 6-3,
6-4 winner against Australia's Arina Rodionova. Sixth-seeded
Yuan Yue of China rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Russia's
Diana Shnaider. A match between eightth-seeded Magda Linette and
Robin Montgomery was suspended at 5-5 in the third set. Linette
took the first set 7-6 (4), and Robinson claimed the second set
6-3.
Rothesay Open
Britain's Emma Raducanu rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 victory against
Japan's Ena Shibahara in the opening round in Nottingham,
England.
After skipping the French Open to prepare for the grass-court
season, Raducanu converted six of eight break chances. The 2021
U.S. Open champion faltered briefly after taking a 5-1 lead in
the second set but finished in 70 minutes.
No. 1 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia opened with a 6-2, 6-3 win over
Colombia's Camila Osorio and No. 5 seed Magdalena Frech of
Poland defeated Japan's Nao Hibino 6-1, 6-4. Two other seeded
players made an early exit, with No. 2 Marta Kostyuk losing 6-3,
6-3 to fellow Ukrainian Daria Snigur and No. 8 Caroline Dolehide
losing 7-6 (3), 6-3 to Britain's Francesca Jones.
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