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Antonia Ruzic of Croatia rallied for a 1-6,
6-2, 6-4 win over Argentina's Podoroska. British qualifier Sonay
Kartal, ranked No. 151 in the world, ousted Romania's Cristian,
ranked No. 74, in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 battle in two hours and 43
minutes for her third Top 100 win of 2024. Kartal converted 8 of
13 break-point opportunities (61.5 percent) to 7 of 14 for
Cristian.
Other first-round winners were seventh-seeded Lucia Bronzetti of
Italy, Jana Fett of Croatia, Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia, Ann
Li of the United States, Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey and Yuliia
Starodubtseva of Ukraine.
Guadalajara Open Akron
Italy's Martina Trevisan powered to a 6-3, 6-2 win over
eighth-seeded Caroline Dolehide of the United States in the
first round of the WTA 500 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Trevisan converted six of her 13 break-point opportunities while
saving two of the four break points on her own serve.
Krueger collected four aces to counter nine double faults and
saved 6 of 8 break points. Maria tallied seven double faults and
saved 5 of 10 break points.
Fifth-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland and sixth-seeded Marie
Bouzkova of the Czech Republic cruised to straight-set wins.
Frech topped the United States' Emina Bektas 6-4, 6-4, and
Bouzkova downed Philippine qualifier Alexandra Eala 6-2, 6-2.
Ashlyn Krueger of the United States won a tough opening set
before eliminating Tatjana Maria of Germany 7-5, 6-2.
Japan's Ena Shibahara, Canada's Marina Stakusic and Italy's
Lucrezia Stefanini also advanced.
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