Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun emerged at the top to defeat the number 1 seed and defeat champion Daria Kastkina 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, Defending Champion Daria Kastkina at Eastborn Open on Monday.
Dealing with banging circumstances, New Zealand’s Sun replaced 6 out of 6 break points in the first set and held rallies with a deficiency of 5-4 on its way to shut down the initial frame. While Surya lost some speed in the other, he gained control in the final set to eliminate his fellow Deshwuman.
Anastasia Paviluchenkova of Russia required 2 hours, 37 minutes to close Victoria Tomova of Bulgaria 6–1, 6-7 (5) 7-6 (7), while Anna Blinkova of Russia took the Czech Mary Buzkova for 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 for three sets, which was set with a meeting.
In other places, Alexandra Ila-Yuva Philipina, who made headlines on the way early this year to reach the Miami semi-finals and continued her hot game by working 6–0, 6–1 of Lucia Brone in Italy. Other straightforward winners included Franceska Jones 6-4 of Great Britain, Greet Minenan of 7-5 Belgium and Australian Maya United, 7–5, 6–2 over Tunisia’s Onas Jabar.
Homborg
In this tournament, after losing two of his last two meetings on the grass including the last year’s final, Donna Wikic on Monday avenged with a direct victory to save the defined Diana Schneider in Hombberg.
Vekic drilled five aces in just one from Shnaider and turned 6-3, 6-3 on all three break points. The overall head-to-head between the Croatian Vikic and the Russian shnown is now at 2–2.
Naomi Osaka of Japan took more than the last two hours of Serbian qualifier Olga Denylvic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4), with Osaka compiled 16 aces. Meanwhile, Clara Tuson of Denmark required a three-set thriller to get out of Magdelena Freach 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-3 of Poland.
Other winners included Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, Czech players Linda Noskova and Katerina Siniakova, and former Bellars former world number 1 Victoria Azranka, who would face Poland’s IGA Swiatech in the next round.
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