Dodig advances

Ivan Dodig of Croatia had nine aces as he beat fifth-seeded Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria 7-5, 6-3 to reach second round of the inaugural Istanbul Open on Tuesday. In other matches, sixth-seeded Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin beat countryman Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4; and No. 8 Diego Schwartzman of Argentina broke qualifier Blaz Kavcic’s serve seven times in a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Second-ranked Roger Federer is in second-round action today against Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.

Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic overcame a slow start, cold and rain to defeat Annika Beck of Germany in the first round of the Prague Open on Tuesday. The 14th-ranked Pliskova came back to defeat her 80thranked opponent 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. The match was held up by more than three hours because of rain and was later suspended due to rain with Beck leading 2-1 in the final set. In the second round, Pliskova will face Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, who beat Belarusian qualifier Olga Govortsova 7-5, 6-1. Third-seeded Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic reached the second round by beating Madison Brengle of the United States 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Prize money is increasing by 7 percent at Wimbledon this year, with 1.88 million pounds ($2.85 million) going to the men’s and women’s singles champions. The All England Club announced Tuesday that prize money for the grasscourt Grand Slam will total 26.75 million pounds ($40.60 million). Organizers said the prize fund will be “the highest ever in professional tennis,” surpassing last year’s U.S. Open purse of $38.25 million. The tournament will run from June 29 to July 12. The break between the French Open and Wimbledon, normally two weeks, has been extended to three weeks for the first time this year. The total prize money for singles winners will rise 8 percent from last year’s total of 1.76 million pounds, received by defending champions Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova.