{"id":800448,"date":"2026-07-14T03:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800448\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:04:09","slug":"wta-roundup-qinwen-zheng-notches-first-round-upset-at-athens-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800448\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng notches first-round upset at Athens – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unseeded Qinwen Zheng of China pulled off a first-round upset, sweeping No. 6 seed Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain 7-5, 6-1 on Monday at the Athens Open.<\/p>\n

Zheng, who collected seven aces to zero for Bouzas Maniero, saved 6 of 7 break points and converted 4 of 7 break points in the one-hour, 49-minute match. After breaking Bouzas Maniero to close out a hard-fought first set, Zheng broke her opponent twice in the second set and cruised to victory.<\/p>\n

In another upset, unseeded Mai Hontama of Japan upended No. 8 seed Magda Linette of Poland 6-4, 7-5, breaking Linette\u2019s serve three times in each set. Other first-round winners included Athens native and No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari, No. 5 seed Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic, American Alycia Parks, Austria\u2019s Lilli Tagger, Elena Micic of Australia and Great Britain\u2019s Harriet Dart.<\/p>\n

UniCredit Iasi Open<\/p>\n

No. 2 seed Petra Marcinko of Croatia outlasted Argentine wild card Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round of the clay-court tournament at Iasi, Romania.<\/p>\n

Marcinko saved an impressive 16 of 19 break points, including all eight in the decisive third set, while converting half of her eight break-point opportunities to avoid an early upset. Podoroska collected three aces to none by Marcinko, while both players committed eight double faults.<\/p>\n

No. 7 seed Anna Bondar of Hungary swept wild card Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 7-5, 6-4, while Armenia\u2019s Alina Charaeva cruised past Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra 6-0, 6-1 and French wild card Clara Burel outlasted lucky loser Varvara Lepchenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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