WTA Hobart: Former Australian Open champ Kenin into second round
Sofia Kenin won against Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play Australian wildcard Daria Saville in the next round
Sofia Kenin, Australian Open 2021
American Sofia Kenin, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hobart International by winning against Belgian Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-3 at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Kenin, ranked No 38, will play Australian wildcard Daria Saville next.
Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):
- Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-3
- Caroline Dolehide beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
- Lin Zhu (3) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 6-1
- Daria Saville beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
- Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
- Tatjana Maria vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
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