WTA Bogotá begins

On Monday 8 April, the main draw matches in two WTA tournaments began, one in Colombia, the other in Switzerland.

Claro Open Colsanitas - a WTA International category tournament, on Red Clay, in Bogotá, Colombia, 8-14 April 2019.

Defending champion:

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova who defeated Lara Arruabarrena (5) 6-2 6-4

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

- Eugenie Bouchard replaced by Varvara Lepchenko 

- Misaki Doi replaced by Irina Khromacheva 

- Julia Glushko replaced by Astra Sharma 

- Nao Hibino replaced by Sachia Vickery 

The following players withdrew after the main draw was published:

- Tatjana Maria (3) replaced by Elitsa Kostova 

- Petra Martic (2) replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo

- Dalila Jakupovic (9) replaced by Sara Errani

- Ivana Jorovic (10) replaced by Hiroko Kuwata

- Zarina Diyas replaced by Kristie Ahn

 

Lucky loser, Sara Errani, has taken the spot of Petra Martic in the draw, and Lara Arruabarrena has taken the place of Tatjana Maria; also been given a seeding of 11.

Jelena Ostapenko, world number 29, is top seed.

5 of the other 6 seeds are all in the top 85

There are no byes.

Early first round results 

- Wildcard Maria Camila Osorio Serrano defeated Conny Perrin 6-4 6-4

- Varvara Lepchenko defeated lucky loser Elitsa Kostova 6-3 6-1

- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (4) defeated Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 6-4

- Qualifier Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Laura Siegemund 6-2 7-5

- Qualifier Jasmine Paolini defeated lucky loser Francesca Di Lorenzo 6-2 3-6 6-4

- Amanda Anisimova (6) defeated wildcard Sabine Lisicki 4-6 6-3 6-2