WTA roundup: Qualifier upsets Alize Cornet in Lyon
Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa earned the biggest win of
her career Monday, upsetting fourth-seeded Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
in the opening round of the Open 6eme Sens Metropole in Lyon, France.
Bucsa, a 24-year-old who is ranked 139th in the world, had
never previously defeated a player rated in the top 50. She prevailed despite
registering no aces and six double faults. Bucsa also faced 15 break points but
saved 10 of them. Cornet staved off just five of 11 break points on her serve.
Sixth-seeded Ana Konjuh of Croatia also dropped her
first-round match after winning the first set, falling 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 to British
qualifier Katie Boulter.
Fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy beat Romania's Irina
Maria Bara 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, and Russia's Varvara Gracheva, Hungary's Anna Bondar
and Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele also advanced.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Fourth-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain needed more than
three hours to complete a 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1 win over Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova
in the first round at Monterrey, Mexico.
Sorribes Tormo finished with a 71 percent to 58 percent edge
in first-serve rate.
Fifth-seeded Camila Osorio of Colombia got past Poland's
Magdalena Frech 6-3, 7-6 (6), needing four match points to wrap up the
second-set tiebreaker.
Other first-round winners included Mexico's Marcela
Zacarias, Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova, Great Britain's Heather Watson and
Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia. Second-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada was in
action late Monday night against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
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