WTA Adelaide: Kudermetova sees off Krueger in straight sets

Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, beat American lucky loser Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday night.

In a match where both women had chances, it was Kudermetova that won the pressure moments. The Russian saved all six break points she faced, while breaking her opponent’s serve on three occasions across the two sets.

Kudermetova, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Claire Liu vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Karolina Pliskova: tuesday
• Taylah Preston vs. Caroline Garcia: tuesday
• Jelena Ostapenko (6) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund beat Liudmila Samsonova (7): 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan (LL) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (4): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (LL) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-6 (3), 6-1