Donna Vekic of Croatia upended No. 6 seed
Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the
quarterfinals, while Paula Badosa of Spain and Viktoriya Tomova
of Bulgaria also advanced to the quarters.
Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Peyton Stearns reached the
second round with victories. Katerina Siniakova of the Czech
Republic led No. 2 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia 6-3, 2-2
when their match was suspended.
Rothesay International
No. 6 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia cruised to a 6-4, 6-2
victory over Xinyu Wang of China in the first round in
Eastbourne, England.
Ashlyn Krueger pulled out a 6-1, 6-7 (1), 7-5 win over Viktorija
Golubic of Switzerland, but Krueger's countrywoman, Sloane
Stephens, fell to Emma Raducanu of Great Britain 6-4, 6-0.
Katie Boulter of Great Britan also won her match, defeating
Petra Martic of Croatia 6-1, 7-6 (8), while Elise Mertens of
Belgium knocked off Yuriko Lily Miyazaki of Great Britain 6-1,
6-2. Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic advanced when Elina
Avanesyan of Russia retired down 3-1 in the first set.
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