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Tennis
ATP WORLD TOUR
Mercedes Cup
At TC Weissenhof
Stuttgart, Germany
Purse: $772,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (5), Germany, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3). Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Gilles Simon, France, def. Matteo Viola, Italy, 6-0, 6-3.
Feliciano Lopez (8), Spain, leads Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, susp., rain.
Doubles
First Round
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (1), Netherlands, lead John Millman, Australia, and Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 2-3, susp., rain.
WTA
Nature Valley Open
At Nottingham Tennis Centre Nottingham, England
Purse: $226,750 (Intl.)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Heather Watson, Britain, def. Danielle Lao, United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Mihaela Buzarnescu (5), Romania, def. Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Katie Swan, Britain, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Sam Stosur, Australia, def. Zarina Diyas (7), Kazakhstan, 2-1 retired.
Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3.
Donna Vekic (6), Croatia, def. Gabriella Taylor, Britain, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (3).
Katie Boulter, Britain, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-4, 6-4.
Johanna Konta (4), Britain, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
First Round
Priscilla Hon, Australia, and Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, def. Valeria Savinykh and Yana Sizikova, Russia, 5-7, 7-5, 11-9.
ATP/WTA
Libema Open
At Autotron Rosmalen
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Purse: ATP, $ 721,000 ( WT250); WTA, $226,750 (Intl.)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Kevin King, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Franko Skugor, Croatia, 6-3, 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Max Purcell, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.
Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Mackenzie McDonald, United States, def. Andreas Seppi (8), Italy, 6-4, 6-2.
Alex Bolt, Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4). Women
First Round
Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. Anett Kontaveit (4), Estonia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Aleksandra Krunic (7), Serbia, def. Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greece, 6-1, 6-0. Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, def. Marina Melnikova, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.
Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4. Fanny Stollar, Hungary, def. Zhang Shuai (5), China, 6-3, 6-3.
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, 6-3, 6-0.
Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, def. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3. Antonia Lottner, Germany, def. Anna Blinkova, Russia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Kiki Bertens (3), Netherlands, def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Alison Riske, United States, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Elise Mertens (2), Belgium, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles
Men
First Round
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Melo (1), Brazil, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, and Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Dijiv Sharan, India, and Artem Sitak (4), New Zealand, def. David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-3, 6-3.
Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Franko Skugor (3), Croatia, def. Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Jamie Cerretani, United States, and Antonio Sancic, Croatia, lead Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 7-5, susp., rain. Women
First Round
Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, and Lidziya Marozava (3), Belarus, def. Richel Hogenkamp and Bibiane Schoofs, Netherlands, 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.
Arantxa Rus and Eva Wacanno, Netherlands, def. Fanny Stollar, Hungary, and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-0.