Thursday 24 May 2018

Sloane Stephens out in Nurnberg

Some upsets in the ATP and WTA as we approach the important phase in each tournament.


In Geneva, seeds were successful in the completion of the second round:

Wildcard Stan Wawrinka (3) defeated Jared Donaldson 6-3 6-4

Andreas Seppi (7) defeated qualifier Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5 6-3

Wildcard Fabio Fognini (2) defeated qualifier Noah Rubin, ranked 204.

Rubin matched Fognini in the opening set, with both players winning a similar percentage of points on their first serves.

With one service break apiece, a tie break was needed, and the American prevailed over Fognini 7-6(5).

Undaunted, the Italian dominated the remainder of the match, winning 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2


In Lyon, Taylor Fritz defeated compatriot Jack Sock (3) 7-6(6) 6-2


In Nurnberg, Yulia Putintseva defeated wildcard Sloane Stephens (1) in a first round match that was delayed a day.

It took three hours and Putintseva had to come back from a set down to win 5-7 6-4 7-6(3)

More second round matches:

Sorana Cirstea (6) defeated Madison Brengle 6-3 3-6 6-3

Kirsten Flipkens defeated qualifier Nadia Podoroska 7-6(6) 6-2

Qualifier Fanny Stollar defeated Heather Watson 6-3 6-3


In Strasbourg, second round matches:

Ash Barty (1) defeated Pauline Parmentier 6-1 6-4

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3) defeated Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-4 6-4

Su-Wei Hsieh (8) defeated wildcard Lucie Safarova 6-2 6-3

Samantha Stosur defeated Dasha Gavrilova (2) 6-3 6-4

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