Great Britain’s Katie Boulter rallied after her Monday match carried over to Tuesday and knocked off No. 8 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada at the HSBC Championships in London.
Fernandez was up one set and they were level at 3-3 in the second set when the match was suspended due to darkness on Monday at the Queen’s Club. Boulter went on to win 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the Round of 32. Boulter overcame nine double faults by converting 3 of 6 break-point opportunities to 3 of 8 for Fernandez.
Sixth-seeded Iva Jovic of the United States topped Antonio Ruzic of Croatia 6-3, 6-4 in one hour, 23 minutes. Seventh-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania got past Australia’s Maddison Inglis 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Straight-set winners included Great Britain’s Emma Radacanu, the Philippines’ Alexandra Eala, the Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova, Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Germany’s Laura Siegemund and Tatjana Maria, who is defending champion. Vekic moved into the main draw in as a lucky loser to replace French Open semifinalist Marta Kostyuk (ankle).
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Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska upset sixth-seeded Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2 in one hour, 18 minutes at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
Yastremska converted 5 of 10 on break points, while Bejlek was just 1 of 6.
Belgium’s Greet Minnen recorded another upset by topping seventh-seeded Janice Tjen of Indonesia 7-6 (4), 6-1. Eighth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic avoided the upset, handling Mexico’s Renata Zarzua 6-1, 6-2.
Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez beat American Katie Volynets 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 6-4, 7-6 (5). A few matches were suspended on Tuesday, including fourth-seeded Emma Navarro and fellow American Caty McNally, who was leading 4-6, 6-0, 2-1.
–Field Level Media
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