Berlin Open: Kudermetova upsets Sabalenka to reach second round

Russian Veronika Kudermetova moved into the second round of the Berlin Open with an upset win over Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka, the No 3 seed, at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Kudermetova, ranked No 24, won 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and 11 minutes.

The Russian, who plays Liudmila Samsonova next, reached the singles semi-finals last week in Rosmalen.

Berlin WTA 500, first-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210)

• Andrea Petkovic beat Garbine Muguruza (5): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (WC) beat Alize Cornet: 6-4, 6-4
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (2) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-5, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Anastasia Gasanova (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Bianca Andreescu beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (6) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
• Ann Li vs. Coco Gauff
• Ons Jabeur vs. Karolina Muchova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Alycia Parks: tuesday

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