WTA Adelaide: Alexandrova saves four matchpoints to oust Australian Open semi-finalist Linette

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova reached the second round of the Adelaide Open by edging out the Poland’s Magda Linette after saving four matchpoints in the second set of their contest at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.

Alexandrova eventually emerged a 3-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5 winner over Linette, who reached the semi-finals of the 2023 Australian Open, in two hours and 49 minutes.

The Russian, ranked No 21, will face countrywoman Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922,573):

• Daria Kasatkina beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Ashlyn Krueger (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (6) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund beat Liudmila Samsonova (7): 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan (LL) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (4): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (LL) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Taylor Townsend vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

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