{"id":450923,"date":"2026-02-03T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:59:32","slug":"wta-roundup-nikola-bartunkova-bounces-3rd-seeded-anna-blinkova-in-ostrava-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450923\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA roundup: Nikola Bartunkova bounces 3rd-seeded Anna Blinkova in Ostrava – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local competitor Nikola Bartunkova delivered a pleasant surprise to the fans in attendance when she knocked off No. 3 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the Ostrava Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a closely contested match, Bartunkova broke serve up 5-4 in each set to come away with the upset. Linda Fruhvirtova also won in her home country Monday, beating Germany\u2019s Mona Barthel 7-6 (4), 6-4.<\/p>\n

Her older sister, Brenda Fruhvirtova, was not so lucky, falling 6-1, 6-1 to French qualifier Fiona Ferro. Another Czech competitor, Anna Siskova, also lost her opening-round match, 6-4, 6-4, to Germany\u2019s Tamara Korpatsch. American Alycia Parks defeated Austria\u2019s Julia Grabher 7-6 (3), 6-2.<\/p>\n

Transylvania Open<\/p>\n

Top-seeded Emma Raducanu started her tournament with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Belgium\u2019s Greet Minnen on the indoor hard courts in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.<\/p>\n

The British competitor needed only 70 minutes to advance, facing no break points while converting four of the seven break opportunities she created. No. 3 seed Solana Cirstea also began her run in the home-country tournament with a straight-sets win, 6-4, 6-4, over Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

In the only three-set match of the day, Russia\u2019s Anastasia Zakharova came back to beat wild-card competitor Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Another Romanian, Ana Bogdan, was defeated in straight sets by Poland\u2019s Maja Chwalinska, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Abu Dhabi Open<\/p>\n

Lucky-loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus pulled off a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 upset of eighth-seeded Spaniard Paula Badosa in opening-round action on the outdoor hard courts in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

That was hardly the only drama of the day, as No. 7 seed Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia saved a pair of match points and survived being broken six times in a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia in one of four three-set matches.<\/p>\n

Indonesia\u2019s Janice Tjen defeated Australia\u2019s Maya Joint 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3, and Simona Waltert of Switzerland outlasted Australia\u2019s Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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