Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova converted 6 of 8 break points while sailing to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Linda Fruhvirtova on Wednesday in a first-round all-Czech \u200bmatchup in Prague.<\/p>\n
Krejcikova won 73.1% of her first-serve \u200cpoints (19 of 26) in a match that took one hour and 18 minutes. Krejcikova won the final three games of the first set and the last four of the second.<\/p>\n
Czechs seeded No. 3, 4 and \u200c5 \u200balso won their matches. Sara Bejlek, \u2060seeded third, knocked off Russian \u2060Anna Blinkova 7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-1. No. 4 Nikola Bartunkova rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 triumph over China\u2019s Yuan Yue and No. 5 Tereza Valentova rolled to a \u200b6-3, 6-1 win over Australia\u2019s Priscilla Hon.<\/p>\n
Also, American-born Aussie Maya Joint posted a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Laura \u2060Samson of Czechia. Joint was \u2060the player who beat Serena Williams in the \u200bfirst round in the latter\u2019s recent comeback attempt at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
MSC Hamburg \u200bLadies Open<\/p>\n
Top-seeded Oleksandra Oliynykova saved 16 of 22 \u200cbreak points while registering a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Germany\u2019s Nastasja Schunk in Germany.<\/p>\n
Oliynykova cruised through the first set before Schunk won the final four games of the second \u2060set to even the match. Oliynykova led 4-1 in the third before Schunk recovered to knot it at 5. Oliynykova then won \u2060the final two \u200cgames.<\/p>\n
No. 3 Panna Udvardy of Hungary notched \u2060a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Elena Pridankina \u200bof Russia. \u200cNo. 5 Tamara Korpatsch of Germany won \u200b4-6, 7-5, \u20601-0 when Andorra\u2019s Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva retired due to a lower-leg injury.<\/p>\n
No. 7 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan beat Germany\u2019s Mona Barthel 6-2, 7-6 (5), and No. 8 Sinja Kraus of Austria rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Darja Semenistaja of \u200bLatvia.<\/p>\n
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