Slovenia Open: Wimbledon champion Rybakina books spot in second round
Elena Rybakina edged out Laura Siegemund 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play Czech Tereza Martincova in the next round
Elena Rybakina, US Open 2022 | © Zuma / Panoramic
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, needed a final-set tiebreak to reach the second round of the second round of the Slovenia Open as she edged out German Laura Siegemund 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday.
Rybakina, ranked No 25, who lost in the first round at the US Open, will face Czech Tereza Martincova next.
Portoroz WTA 125, other first-round results (Tennis Arena Portoroz, hard, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Martina Trevisan vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Kaja Juvan vs. Alize Cornet
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Petra Marcinko
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Tara Wurth: tuesday
- Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Tereza Martincova beat Harriet Dart (LL): 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Jodie Burrage beat Aleksandra Krunic: 6-4, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan beat Ajla Tomljanovic (8): 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Diane Parry beat Donna Vekic: 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Emma Raducanu (1) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 5-3 ret.
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) beat Clara Tauson: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (5) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5
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