Ninth and Twelfth seed enter next round of the tournament with an easy victory over their opponent
Ana Ivanovic serves against Sorana Cirstea during their first round match on Day Three of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), on Monday. Ivanovic won 6-7, 7-5. (Photo: AFP)
Mason (USA): In women’s opening-round matches, ninth seeded Ana Ivanovic kept her back problem under control to defeat good friend Sorona Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 7-5. Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upset 11th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-3 while number 12 Caroline Wozniacki started with a win over Magdelena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-3. Italian 13th seed Flavia Pennetta beat South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2.
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine defeated Lauren Davis of the US 6-3 6-2; China’s Zhang Shuai beat British qualifier Heather Watson 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Earlier, American John Isner redeemed himself after his early exit in Toronto a week ago, with the 11th seed beating Canadian quarterfinalist Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4. Isner fired 15 aces in his 55-minute win only a few hours after a rainstorm caused flash flooding at the tournament site and left unpaved car parks sinking in mud and grass.
Spanish 16th seed Tommy Robredo advanced over American Jack Sock 7-6 (7/5) 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and Benjamin Becker surprised Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to end a six-match losing streak against the giant Croat. France’s Gilles Simon nursing an injury beat Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-2.
( Source : AFP )
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