San Diego Open: qualifier Chirico makes second round, Badosa next
Louisa Chirico edged out Alison Riske-Amritraj 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) on Monday evening. She’ll face second seed Paula Badosa in the next round
Qualifier Louisa Chirico reached the second round of the San Diego Open by edging out Alison Riske-Amritraj 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Monday evening.
Riske-Amritraj lead 4-0 and 5-3 in the second set, and she served for the match à 6-5 in the decisive set.
Chirico, ranked No 196, will face second seed Paula Badosa next.
San Diego WTA 500, other first-round results (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Martina Trevisan beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys beat Ellen Perez (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Robin Montgomery vs. Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sloane Stephens
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Maria Sakkari vs. Donna Vekic
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Caroline Garcia vs. Danielle Collins
- Coco Vandeweghe vs. Sofia Kenin: monday
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