WTA Roundup | 2nd-round line-ups accomplished in Guadalajara and Monastir

Play continues on the tournaments in Mexico and Tunisia, each on onerous courts, and a quick roundup follows…

In the present day I got here to the courtroom with a number of vitality. For me, possibly, it was revenge, and tomorrow I have to be prepared for Renata. I’ve performed twice in opposition to her this 12 months. I do know her very properly. Martina Trevisan

Guadalajara | WTA 500 Guadalajara Open Akron introduced by Santander

Martina Trevisan upset Eighth-seeded Caroline Dolehide with a 6-3 6-2 win on Tuesday, avenging her loss to the American a 12 months in the past within the Guadalajara quarter-finals, and the Italian will now play residence favorite Renata Zarazua on Wednesday.

“In the present day I got here to the courtroom with a number of vitality,” Trevisan mentioned. “For me, possibly, it was revenge, and tomorrow I have to be prepared for Renata. I’ve performed twice in opposition to her this 12 months. I do know her very properly.”

Marie Bouzkova made the semi-finals in Guadalajara a 12 months in the past earlier than dropping to eventual champion Maria Sakkari from Greece.

On Tuesday, the Czech, seeded at 6, beat 19-year outdated Filipino qualifier Alexandra Eala, 6-2 6-2, to set as much as a 2nd-round assembly with Lucrezia Stefanini from Italy, who obtained previous one other Mexican, wild-card Ana Sofía Sánchez, 6-0 3-6 6-2.

Stefanini, a qualifier, received the primary 9 video games to go up 6-0, 3-0, after which misplaced the following 7 video games to go down 1-0 within the third set, earlier than profitable 6 of the following 7 to take the match, which featured Sánchez’s terrific scrambling that had the Mexican followers in raptures.

America’s Ashlyn Krueger defeated Tatjana Maria from Germany, 7-5 6-2, and can subsequent face Poland’s Magdalena Frech after the fifth seed defeated Emina Bektas, additionally from the USA, 6-4 6-4, late within the night time.

In different Day 2 outcomes, Japan’s Ena Shibahara beat Kimberly Birrell from Australia, 6-4 7-6(4), to maneuver right into a 2nd-round match in opposition to No 4 seed Caroline Garcia from France, who acquired a bye.

Shibahara, a former High 5 doubles participant, continued her singles rise this season by getting back from 1-5 down within the second set in opposition to her fellow qualifier.

Canadian wild-card Marina Stakusic additionally superior, with a powerful 6-2 6-4 win over Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

The rising 19-year-old powered previous the Olympic semi-finalist on Tuesday night time, and subsequent will tackle No 1 seed Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia within the 2nd-round on Wednesday.

Within the doubles, the British pair of Samantha Murray Sharan & Eden Silva superior to spherical 2 with a 6-3 6-3 win over Maria Kozyreva & Zarazua.

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Monastir | WTA 250 Jasmin Open by Lilas

Within the 1st-round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia on Tuesday in Monastir, Tunisia, British qualifier Sonay Kartal, ranked No 151 on this planet, upset Romanian fifth seed Jaqueline Cristian, ranked 74, in a 4-6 6-3 7-5 battle that lasted in 2 hours and 43 minutes, changing 8 of her 13 break-point alternatives, 61.5%, to her opponent’s 7 of 14.

Kartal, who scored her third High 100 win of 2024, joins fellow Brit Lily Miyazaki in spherical 2, and can tackle Japan’s Mai Hontana.

Whereas prime seeded Elise Mertens cruised to a straightforward win, one other seed additionally exited, Nadia Podoroska, the No 4 from Argentina, who fell to Croatian qualifier Antonia Ruzic, 1-6 6-2 6-4, taking part in the primary WTA main-draw match of her profession.

Mertens, ranked No 32 on this planet, posted an convincing 6-2 6-0 opening win over Anastasia Zakharova from Russia.

The Belgian transformed 7 of 10 break-point probabilities, and received 69.2% of her first-serve factors, 9 of 13, and 65.4% (17 of 26) on her second supply.

Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez, a qualifier, pulled off a 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 come-back win over Rebeka Masarova from Spain after being simply 2 factors away from defeat at 5-6 down within the second set.

Sonmez traces up a gathering with Belgian Greet Minnen, the sixth seed, who discovered her well beyond Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva, 6-0 3-6 6-2.

Croatia’s Jana Fett got here from a set right down to defeat Egyptian Mayar Sherif, 1-6 6-3 6-4, notching up her second High 100 win of 2024, and she or he now will play Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in spherical 2.

Seventh-seeded Lucia Bronzetti of Italy was a straightforward 6-3 6-2 winner over Hungarian Dalma Galfi, and can meet Ann Li subsequent, the American having dispatched French wild-card Kristina Mladenovic, 6-2 6-1.

Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova escaped Elsa Jacquemot, a qualifier, from a set down, 3-6 7-5 6-3, her first win over the Frenchwoman in 3 conferences, and can take one other in Clara Burel, the No 2 seed.

Yuliia Starodubtseva, a qualifier from Ukraine, finally obtained previous Suzan Lamens from the Netherlands, 6-2 3-6 6-4, to arrange a 2nd-meeting with France’s Diane Parry, the third seed.

A bunch of Brits featured within the doubles draw with various levels of success.

On Monday, Jodie Burrage, coming back from a prolonged harm break, teamed up with Bronzetti and upset the No 1 seeds, Italy’s Camilla Rosatello & Kimberley Zimmerman from Belgium, 7-5 6-1, whereas Emily Appleton partnered with Poland’s Martyna Kubka and edged previous Freya Christie & Yuliana Lizarazo from Colombia, 7-5(5) 3-6 [10-7].

Tuesday, nonetheless, noticed the departure of Alicia Barnett and her accomplice, Isabelle Haverlag from the Netherlands, by the hands of a wild-card pairing of Algerian Ines Ibbou & Naima Karamoko from Switzerland, 6-4 6-3.

Maia Lumsden & Miyazaki additionally misplaced, to Aliona Falie & Elena Pridankina from Russia, 6-0 6-3.