• Former runner-up Barbora Krejcikova (#27) beat Australian Aila Tomlianovic (#34) in two sets – 6:1, 7:6 (3).
• In the first set, the Czech won the final five games, but in the second set she saved herself after losing serve in the 11th game. Krejcikova won the last four games in the tiebreak.
• Krejcikova, seeded seventh in Tallinn, will play in the second round against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (#56), who beat American Bernarda Peru (#45) in three sets – 6:4, 4:6, 6:3.
• The second racket of the Tallinn tournament, Belinda Benčiča (#14), defeated Estonian tennis hope Jelena Maligina (#400) in two sets, who qualified for the main tournament with wildcard help – 6:0, 6:2.
• At the end of the first day of the main tournament, Swiss tennis player Viktorija Golubiča (#89) surprised Madison Keys (#18) in two sets – 6:3, 6:2.
• The home team’s main hope, Aneta Kontaveita, will take the court tomorrow, while Latvian tennis leader Alyona Ostapenko will face Estonian second racket Kaja Kanepi in the first round on Wednesday.
Resources used:
https://www.wtatennis.com/tournamen…
