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Parry, the third seed, defeated Tunisia's
Chiraz Bechri 6-3, 6-0 in an hour flat. Parry converted 5 of 6
break points en route to winning the final nine games of the
match.
No. 8 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia didn't have it so easy. Sara
Sorribes Tormo of Spain upset her 6-4, 6-4, with Blinkova
winning a mere 18 of 38 first-service points (47.4 percent).
Other first-round winners included Germany's Eva Lys, Great
Britain's Yuriko Miyazaki and Japan's Mai Hontama.
Guadalajara Open Akron
No. 7 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia took down American
opponent Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4 to open the WTA 500 tournament
in Mexico.
The upstart Vickery, ranked No. 160 in the world, hit five aces
but also committed six double faults. Kudermetova saved 5 of 8
break points and converted all five of her chances to break
Vickery's serve.
In another loss by a U.S. player, Australian qualifier Olivia
Gadecki defeated Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3. Stephens, the 2017
U.S. Open champion, fell in the first round of a fourth
consecutive tournament, including this year's U.S. Open.
Also winning first-round matches were Colombia's Camila Osorio,
Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova and Mexico's Renata Zarazua.
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