Solovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova won 78.1 percent of her first-serve points while posting a 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the HSBC Championships in London on Tuesday.
Sramkova’s solid win at the Queen’s Club earns her a match against wild card Emma Raducanu of Great Britain. Raducanu converted 4 of 5 break points in her 6-1, 6-2 victory over Spanish qualifier Cristian Bucsa.
No. 5 Russian Diana Shnaider rolled to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Frech of Poland, and No. 6 Czech Karolina Muchova beat Australia’s Maddison Inglis 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4. McCartney Kessler beat Brit Francesca Jones 6-2, 6-4 while Brits Katie Boulter and Heather Watson also notched victories.
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Bernarda Pera converted 7 of 11 break points while outlasting fourth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-2, 6-7 (10), 7-5 in the first round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Ann Li upset No. 5 Anastasia Potopova of Russia 7-5, 6-2, and Australia’s Kimberly Birrell took down No. 6 Wang Xinyu of China 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1. No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Miriam Bolkvadze of Georgia.
Greet Minnen of Belgium stunned Danielle Collins 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu defeated Joanna Garland of Chinese Taipei 6-1, 6-3, and Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands was a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 winner over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
–Field Level Media
