Slovenia Open: Alexandrova reaches second round
Ekaterina Alexandrova edged out Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5 on Monday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the next round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 5 seed, edged out Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Slovenia Open at Tennis Arena Portoroz on Monday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 24, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse next.
Portoroz WTA 125, other first-round results (Tennis Arena Portoroz, hard, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Petra Marcinko
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ana Bogdan
- Laura Siegemund vs. Elena Rybakina
- Stefanie Voegele vs. Tereza Martincova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Kaja Juvan vs. Alize Cornet
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Tara Wurth
- Jodie Burrage vs. Aleksandra Krunic
- Martina Trevisan vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Donna Vekic vs. Diane Parry
- Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Emma Raducanu vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Clara Tauson vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Claire Liu vs. Anastasia Potapova: monday
