Kvitova saves match point against Teichmann to prevail in Cincinnati
Petra Kvitova defeated Jil Teichmann in a three-set thriller on Monday evening and will play the winner of the match between Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed, and Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the next round.
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Petra Kvitova advanced to the second round of the Western & Southern Open by defeating Jil Teichmann 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Monday evening.
Kvitova, ranked No 28, will next face the winner of a match between Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches and results:
- Serena Williams vs. Emma Raducanu
- Madison Keys vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Simona Halep
- Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sofia Kenin vs. Shelby Rogers
- Martina Trevisan vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Venus Williams
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Giorgi
- Naomi Osaka vs. Shuai Zhang
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elise Mertens
- Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Sloane Stephens vs. Alize Cornet
- Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Martic
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Taylor Townsend vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Tereza Martincova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Leylah Fernandez (13): 6-4, 7-5
- Catherine McNally (WC) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2)
- Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 7-6(2)
- Amanda Anisimova beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-4, 6-4
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-2