San Diego Open: Wozniacki goes down to Blinkova in three sets

Russian Anna Blinkova won against Danish wildcard Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 to move into the second round of the San Diego Open at the Barnes Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Wozniacki, a former world No 1 and Grand Slam champion, led 6-1, 2-0 in the match before Blinkova came back for the win.

The Dane returned to the tour in August last year after giving birth to two children. She is now 1-3 for the season with her latest loss. Interestingly, Wozniacki also led 6-1, 2-0 in her previous loss when she went down to Maria Timofeeva in the second round of the Australian Open last month.

Blinkova, ranked No 51, will face Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 5 seed, next.

San Diego WTA 500, other first-round results (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):

• Donna Vekic (7) beat Katherine Hui (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Tatjana Maria beat Leylah Fernandez (8): 6-7 (7), 4-0 ret.
• Taylah Preston (WC) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Katerina Siniakova beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Dayana Yastremska beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk (6) beat Ann Li (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Clara Tauson: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Marina Stakusic (Q) beat Marina Melnikova (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-3
• Jule Niemeier (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-0
• Katie Boulter beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-1

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