Russian Mirra Andreeva disenchanted No. 11 seed Emma Navarro of america very easily, taking simply 65 mins to earn a 6-2, 6-2 victory on Wednesday within the first around of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.
Andreeva gained 23 of 28 first-serve issues and transformed 4 of 8 wreck issues in her first fit for the reason that Paris Olympics, the place she secured the silver medal in girls’s doubles. Andreeva additionally completed with a 16-5 edge over Navarro on winners.
“I knew that it used to be going to be an overly exhausting fit. She’s had an excellent yr up to now, so I used to be simply seeking to pass on court docket and do my very best and to play as a result of I had not anything to lose,” Andreeva stated. “I simply went in the market, attempted to turn my very best degree and attempted to win a fit, and I feel I did it.”
Every other Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, additionally knocked off a seeded foe, topping No. 17 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Pavlyuchenkova completed with 10 aces and overcame 14 double faults. She additionally stored 12 of 16 wreck issues.
In the meantime, top-seeded Pole Iga Swiatek, No. 15 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Russians Liudmila Samsonova and Anna Kalinskaya, the tenth seed and the thirteenth seed, respectively, held off underdogs.
Swiatek used to be challenged by means of France’s Varvara Gracheva however she controlled to be triumphant 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2.
“It used to be no longer simple to complete in the second one set,” Swiatek stated. “She began enjoying with freedom, with not anything to lose. I subsidized down a bit of and he or she used her possibilities. I am satisfied I were given extra proactive within the 3rd set and performed extra intense.”
Kostyuk swept New Zealand’s Lulu Solar 6-3, 7-5. Samsonova cruised previous China’s Xinyu Wang for a 6-4, 6-4 win, and Kalinskaya overcame a brutal first set to overcome Czech Katerina Siniakova 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Swiatek and Kostyuk had been enjoying second-round suits, and they’re set to satisfy within the 3rd around.
Different winners Wednesday incorporated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, American Taylor Townsend, Leylah Fernandez of Canada, Russia’s Diana Shnaider, Poland’s Magdalena Frech and Spaniards Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Paula Badosa.
Shnaider gained the silver medal along Andreeva as her doubles spouse in Paris.
–Box Stage Media
