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In a match that lasted just shy of three hours,
Sorribes Tormo broke her opponent's serve eight times in 13
chances. She is the highest seed remaining in the tournament
after No. 1 seed Yue Yuan of China and No. 2 seed Anna Blinkova
of Russia lost Monday.
Dutch fifth seed Arantxa Rus was less fortunate, as Argentina's
Maria Lourdes Carle took her down in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
Yafan Wang topped eighth seed Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 in an
all-Chinese matchup.
No. 4 seed Lucia Bronzetti spent just 52 minutes defeating
Morocco's Malak El Allami 6-1, 6-0. Other winners Tuesday
included No. 7 seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Martina Trevisan
of Italy, Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria and Mayar Sherif of
Egypt.
Internationaux de Strasbourg
In the only match to be completed Tuesday in rainy France, No. 5
seed Liudmila Samsonova charged back to defeat Canada's Leylah
Fernandez 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Samsonova trailed 2-0 in the second set before winning four
straight games. After Fernandez tied the set 4-4, Samsonova
broke Fernandez's serve for the third of five times and
controlled the match the rest of the way.
Three other matches, including No. 3 seed Danielle Collins' next
matchup against Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, were
postponed until Wednesday.
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