Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Wozniacki may face Konta test
CAROLINE Wozniacki will face Johanna Konta or Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic in the third round of the Nature Valley International after easing past Camila Giorgi.
The 27-year-old Dane had been given a bye to the second round and, after being broken in her first service game, outclassed her Italian opponent, winning 6-2 6-3.
Britain’s Konta meets Krunic today but her compatriot Heather Watson has been eliminated following her 6-7 (2/7) 7-5 6-3 defeat by France’s Kristina Mladenovic.
After taking the first set of a competitive affair, the 26-year-old, a wild card in Eastbourne, eventually lost in two hours and 40 minutes, missing out on a second-round fixture with Australia’s Ashleigh Barty.
Unexpectedly, fellow Briton Harriet Dart secured her first WTA main draw victory, by beating Kristyna Pliskova 7-5 3-6 6-3.
Karolina Pliskova won 6-4 2-6 6-3 against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, and there were also victories for Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, via a 7-5 6-4 scoreline over Ekaterina Makarova of R u s s i a , a n d Po l a n d ’s Agnieszka Radwanska, who defeated Timea Babos of Hungary 6-3 6-1.
Australian Sam Stosur lost to Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck 5-7 7-6 (7/3) 6-3, while Kaia Kanepi of E s t o n i a b e a t J a p a n ’s Ku r u m i N a r a 6 - 2 6 - 4 , Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu defeated China’s Shuai Peng 5-7 6-2 6-1 and Krunic won 7-5 6-3 against Czech Andrea Sestini Hlavackova.
Finally, Aryna Sabalenka won 4-6 6-0 6-1 against American Sachia Vickery and Su-Wei Hsieh overcame Natalia Vikhlyantseva 7-6 (7/4) 6-2.