Alexandrova reaches Ostrava second round after three-set battle with Azarenka
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Monday and will play the winner of the match between Emma Raducanu and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, in the next round
April 21, 2022, STUTTGART, GERMANY: Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in action during the second round of the 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WTA 500 tennis tournament against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia (Zuma/Panoramic)
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Ostrava Open at the Ostravar Aréna on Monday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Emma Raducanu and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, next.
Ostrava WTA 500, other first-round results (Ostravar Aréna, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Karolina Muchova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Belinda Bencic vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Alycia Parks vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Anna Blinkova vs. Catherine McNally
- Jil Teichmann vs. Tereza Martincova
- Petra Kvitova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Madison Keys vs. Elena Rybakina
- Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-3
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