Field Level Media
05 Oct 2022, 07:05 GMT+10
No. 1 seed Ons Jabeur put on a show for the fans in her home nation of Tunisia by beating Ann Li of the U.S. 6-2, 6-3 in 73 minutes Tuesday in the first round of the inaugural Jasmin Open Monastir.
Jabeur, who's risen to the world No. 2 ranking after reaching the finals at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, saved all eight break points she faced and won 28 of her 35 first-service points (80 percent) against Li.
No. 2 seed Veronika Kudermetova had an even easier time. The Russian eliminated countrywoman Varvara Gracheva 6-1, 6-0 in just 54 minutes.
Fourth seed Petra Martic of Croatia advanced in straight sets while sixth seed Anastasia Potapova overcame fellow Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3. Other winners included Magdalena Frech of Poland, Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia, Moyuka Uchijima of Japan, Diane Parry of France, Evgeniya Rodina of Russia and Harriet Dart of Great Britain.
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Sixth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland rallied past Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4 in the first round in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Bouchard, who held a 6-2 edge in aces and saved eight of 12 break points, saved a set point en route to her first-set tiebreaker victory before Bencic stormed back.
No. 5 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia defeated 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4, for her first victory since Aug. 27. Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus upset Latvian eighth seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-2.
Americans Caty McNally and Alycia Parks also advanced.
--Field Level Media
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