Twice main winner Victoria Azarenka downed Russian Elina Avanesyan 6-4 6-2 and former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu cruised previous Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-2 6-4 within the first spherical of the Guadalajara Open on Monday.
Six of the world’s high 10 are anticipated to play within the hard-court match, the ultimate WTA 1000-level occasion this season earlier than the WTA Finals, with Polish world primary and U.S. Open winner Iga Swiatek absent after successful in San Diego on Sunday.
Azarenka, who reached the final 16 in New York however misplaced in her Ostrava opener earlier this month, dropped solely three first-serve factors within the first set and broke within the seventh recreation.
The Belarusian’s serve deteriorated in a uneven second set however her 20-year-old opponent couldn’t derail the skilled Azarenk, who arrange a second-round assembly with Spanish high seed Paula Badosa in a repeat of the Indian Wells ultimate final yr.
Canadian Andreescu had no drawback overcoming Teichmann, successful the primary three video games of the primary set and cruising by the second because the Swiss served three double faults.
Andreescu’s win units up a primary profession assembly with Petra Kvitova after the Czech placed on a serving masterclass and crushed six aces to overpower Bernarda Pera 6-3 7-5.
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, who gained in Cleveland and Tokyo this yr however misplaced her first-round match in San Diego, beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-1 7-5 and China’s Zhu Lin defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 3-6 6-3 6-4.
The most important upset of the day belonged to 20-year-old Colombian Camila Osorio, who broke fifteenth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 9 instances en path to a 6-4 7-6(8) victory.
American Sloane Stephens, Belgian Elise Mertens, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and Canadian Rebecca Marino all superior to the second spherical after straight units wins.