The sixth-seeded Qinwen Zheng (China) advanced to the second round of the WTA 500 German Open tournament in Berlin. The Chinese tennis player prevailed in the first round over Naomi Osaka (Japan) by 2-1 (6:4, 3:6, 6:3). The match lasted two hours and 11 minutes.
The next opponent of the Chinese tennis player Qinwen Zheng will be Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic), who started from the qualifiers.
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) defeated the seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari (Greece)by 2-0 (6:4, 6:2) and also reached the second round, as well as Linda Noskova (Czech Republic), who eliminated Angelique Kerber (Germany) by 2-1 (7:6, 2:6, 6:4).
In the second round, Linda Noskova will face the winner of the match between the eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) and Wang Xinyu (China), which was interrupted due to rain at 6:4 in favor of the Tunisian tennis player.
In an all-Russian clash, Veronika Kudermetova prevailed over Liudmila Samsonova after a comeback бъ 2-1 (3:6, 6:4, 6:4), while Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) eliminated Beatriz Haddad Maia (brazil) after 2-0 (6:4, 6:4), and Donna Vekic (Croatia) won her match versus Jule Niemeier (Germany) by 2-1 (1:6, 6:1, 6:3).
