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Rosatello trailed 5-3, 40-30 in the first set
before saving 12 set points across the next four games and the
ensuing tiebreaker. That tired her out for the second set, but
the World No. 294 came back from a 3-2 third-set deficit to pull
off the stunner.
No. 2 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia was also shown the door early
when Germany's Laura Siegemund defeated her 6-1, 7-6 (4). No. 6
seed Xiyu Wang of China escaped Italy's Nuria Brancaccio 7-6
(5), 7-5, while seventh seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat
Morocco's Yasmine Kabbaj 6-3, 6-4.
American Peyton Stearns rallied to a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory over
Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic. Camila Osorio of Colombia, China's
Zhuoxuan Bai and Argentina's Nadia Podoroska also advanced.
Internationaux de Strasbourg
No. 5 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia survived a three-hour
match to dispatch Czech opponent Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-7
(5), 6-4 in the first round in France.
Samsonova hit eight aces and 11 double faults while capitalizing
on Krejcikova's 16 double faults. Krejcikova saved a match point
in the second set before forcing and winning the tiebreaker, but
Samsonova finally vanquished her on her third match point of the
match.
Sixth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia had an easier time in
a 6-0, 7-5 win over Spain's Cristina Bucsa. Poland's Magdalena
Frech eliminated Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3, while another
American, Emma Navarro, advanced with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over
France's Alize Cornet.
Fiona Ferro of France, Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic,
Magda Linette of Poland and Xinyu Wang of China also won their
matches. No. 7 seed Elina Sviotlina of Ukraine completed a 6-3,
6-4 win over France's Diane Parry in a match suspended from
Sunday night.
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