SAN DIEGO (AP) — Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska had been amongst these transferring into the second spherical of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Tuesday.
Vekic, a finalist right here in 2022, beat native wildcard Katherine Hui, 7-5, 6-2, in her WTA Tour singles debut. A Santa Fe Christian Faculty graduate now enjoying on the collegiate degree at Stanford, Hui is the reigning US Open women’ singles titlist.
A primary-time main semifinalist final month on the Australian Open, Yastremska needed to dig deep in outlasting American Caroline Dolehide, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. The 23-year-old was up a set and a break solely to have her opponent power a decider. Yastremska overcame 9 double faults within the two-hour, eight-minute matchup.
German veteran Tatjana Maria, 36, superior when eighth seed Leylah Fernandez retired with a left shoulder damage trailing 0-4 within the second set. It marks the third consecutive yr the 21-year-old Canadian, a US Open finalist in 2021, has failed to succeed in the second spherical in San Diego.
Czech Katerina Siniakova, a doubles titlist right here final yr with countrywoman Barbora Krejcikova, beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-1, in a single hour and 13 minutes. Australian wild card Taylah Preston was a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 winner over Poland’s Magdalena Frech.
