Krejcikova books spot in Hamburg second round, sets up Frech clash

Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 3 seed, won against Dutch lucky loser Suzan Lamens 6-2, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum on Monday.

The 26-year-old’s form in singles has been patchy in recent months after she missed three months of action at the start of the year due to an arm injury. Since her return, she has lost in the first round of the Hungarian Open to Xiyu Wang, the first round of Eastbourne to Marta Kostyuk, and the first round of Roland-Garros to Diane Parry. She also had a bout of Covid-19 in Paris.

Krejcikova, ranked No 19, will face Pole Magdalena Frech next.

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Hambourg WTA 250, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Joanne Zuger vs. Jule Niemeier
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Bernarda Pera
• Aleksandra Krunic vs. Sabine Lisicki
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Irina Bara
• Nastasja Schunk vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Andrea Petkovic
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Eva Lys
• Alexandra Ignatik vs. Nao Hibino: monday
• Rebecca Peterson beat Kateryna Baindl (LL): 6-3, 6-0
• Anastasia Potapova beat Varvara Gracheva (6): 7-5, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-1 ret.
• Misaki Doi beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 7-6 (10), 6-0
• Maryna Zanevska (7) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova beat Daria Kasatkina (2): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Laura Pigossi beat Reka-Luca Jani: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4