Life after Wimbledon - WTA Bucharest

Now we have survived a fortnight on the Wimbledon grass, it is back to the grind of the ATP and WTA tours.

This week the women are contesting::

BRD Bucharest Open - a WTA international category tournament, on Red Clay, in Bucharest, Croatia, 15-21 July 2019.

Defending champion:

Anastasija Sevastova (1) who defeated Petra Martic (4) 7-6(4) 6-2

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Margarita Gasparyan replaced by Kaja Juvan

- Kaia Kanepi replaced by Aliona Bolsova 

- Yulia Putintseva replaced by Barbora Krejcikova

- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova replaced by Paula Badosa 

- Tereza Smitková replaced by Varvara Flink 

- Sara Sorribes Tormo replaced by Elena Rybakina 

- Alison Van Uytvanck replaced by Varvara Lepchenko

The following players withdrew after the main draw was published:

- Polona Hercog (thigh injury) replaced by lucky loser Anna Bondár

- Ivana Jorovic replaced by lucky loser Alexandra Cadantu

- Bethanie Mattek-Sands (knee pain) replaced by lucky loser Tereza Mrdeza

- Tamara Zidansek (4) (viral illness) replaced by lucky loser Isabella Shinikova, who takes the 4th seed spot in the draw.

Anastasija Sevastova, world number 11, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 92

There are no byes.

First round results 

- Ysaline Bonaventure defeated lucky loser Tereza Mrdeza 6-3 7-5

- Laura Siegemund (6) defeated Anhelina Kalinina 4-6 6-3 6-4

- Aliona Bolsova (7) defeated Varvara Flink 6-3 6-2

- Elena Rybakina defeated Paula Badosa 7-5 7-6(4)

- Viktoria Kuzmova (2) defeated Dalila Jakupovic 6-2 6-2

- Anastasija Sevastova (1) defeated Ana Bogdan 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5

- Qualifier Patricia Maria Tig defeated lucky loser Anna Bondár 6-2 6-1

- Kristyna Pliskova (8) defeated lucky loser Alexandra Cadantu 7-5 6-1

- Kaja Juvan defeated lucky loser Isabella Shinikova 5-7 6-1 6-1

- Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Aleksandra Krunic 7-5 6-1

- Lara Arruabarrena defeated qualifier Shilin Xu 7-5 6-7(7) 7-5

- Barbora Krejcikova defeated wildcard Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3 0-6 6-2

- Veronika Kudermetova (3) defeated Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4

- Wildcard Jaqueline Cristian defeated Sorana Cîrstea (5) 6-4 4-6 6-2

- Qualifier Jaimee Fourlis defeated wildcard Irina Bara 6-3 7-6(6)

- Qualifier Martina Di Giuseppe defeated Varvara Lepchenko 3-6 6-1 7-6(3)