Swiss Belinda Bencic, the tenth favorite of the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston, advanced to the second round on Tuesday while American Sloane Stephens, thirteenth favorite, fell to number 72, Chinese Qinwen Zheng.
Bencic, who was a semifinalist last week in concrete in Miami, has undergone a change on the surface and, on the North Carolina clay, He was on the ropes against Wang Xiyu of China (n.143), but bounced back from a set down and won 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
the swiss player will face off in the second round with young Czech Linda Fruhvirtovanumber 188 in the world.
The tournament was defeated by Sloane Stephens, champion of the US Open in 2017 and now number 36 in the world rankings, who surrendered to Zheng after fighting for more than two hours and was delayed by about 35 minutes in the rain.
Defeated Zheng, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0who will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round.
Din Czech Karolina Pliskova made her debut on Tuesday, but their meeting was delayed and postponed this Wednesday due to rain.
Pliskova, number 7 in the world, She lost 7-5 and 3-2 against Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska.
Results of the day on Tuesday
First round
Alison Riske d. Caty McNally 7-5, 6-3
Yulia Putintseva d. Robin Anderson 6-2, 7-6 (9/11)
CoCo Vandeweghe d. Anastasia Gasanova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Lauren Davis defeated Mariam Bolkvadze 6-2, 6-3
E.Navarro to M.Brengle 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 3-0 and retirement
Hailey Baptiste d. Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-0
Magda Linette d. Katie Volynets 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Zheng Qinwen d. Sloane Stephens 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Belinda Bencic def. Wang Xiyu 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Source: La Verdad
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