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A day after fourth-seeded Nadia Podoroska and
fifth-seeded Jaqueline Cristian were ousted in the first round,
Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia knocked off Burel 7-6 (4), 7-5, and
qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine eliminated Parry 6-4,
6-4.
Starodubtseva saved six break points and converted her fourth
match point in coming through a nine-deuce final game to record
her first Top 60 victory. For the whole match, she saved 12 of
13 break points, to 3 of 6 for Parry, who also had six aces.
Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain rallied to beat Jana Fett of
Croatia 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to her second quarterfinal of
2024. British qualifier Sonay Kartal, the No. 151 player in the
world who ousted Romania's Cristian, defeated Japan's Mai
Hontama 6-2, 6-2 in 78 minutes.
Guadalajara Open Akron
Kamilla Rakhimova advanced to the quarterfinals when
third-seeded Victoria Azarenka retired in the second set down
6-2, 3-0 in the second round of the WTA 500 tournament in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Azarenka of Belarus, the No. 19 player in the world, already had
five double faults and converted none of her five break-point
opportunities. Russia's Rakhimova converted all four of her
chances and did not have a double fault.
Sixth-seeded Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic won in
straight sets over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-2, 6-2 in
the first round. But seventh-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of
Russia couldn't avoid the upset in falling in three sets to
Colombia's Camila Osorio 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 7-5 in the second
round.
Other winners in the first round were Canada's Marina Stakusic
and Poland's Magdalena Frech.
Matches later Wednesday were second-seeded Danielle Collins
against Australia's Olivia Gadecki, and Italy's Martina Trevisan
versus Mexico's Renata Zarazua.
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