Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi qualified for the second round of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open Akron after defeating Mayar Sherif (Egypt) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:3) in 1:51 hours of play.
The match started equally with both exchanging a break in the very beginning. On the next two serve games of Camila Giorgi, her opponent received a total of four breakpoint, but missed all of them. On the other hand, the Italian player also missed three breakpoints at the serve of Mayar Sherif. Thus, the match was running equal without any of the players to be able to take a lead. In the 12th game of the set, Camila Giorgi received another breakpoint, which she succeeded to realize and thus won the very disputed set by 7:5.
In the second set, the Italian took a lead of 3:0 after a break and then recorded another break to lead by 5:1 and to serve for the match. However, she lost one match point at her serve and finally Mayar Sherif broke her serve. In the next game, Camila Giorgi two more match points and at 5:3, succeeded to realize her 5th match point to close the set at 6:3 and win the match.
In the next round, Camila Giorgi will face Cristina Bucsa (Spain), who eliminated Kristina Mladenovic (France) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:0) in 57 minutes of play.
Storm Hunter (Australia) also advanced to the second round of the tournament after defeating Iryna Shymanovich (Russia) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:4) and will face the 2nd-seeded Maria Sakkari (Greece).
Caroline Dolehide (USA) eliminated her compatriot Peyton Stearns by 2-1 (6:7, 7:6, 7:6) in a match that lasted more than 3 hours, while Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) had a quite easier start of the tournament after a victory versus Robin Montgomery (USA) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:1).
In the other matches from the first round of the tournament, Magdalena Frech (Poland) eliminated Camila Osorio (Colombia0 after 2-0 (6:1, 6:2), while Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) eliminated Stacey Fung (Canada) after 2-1 (6:3, 2:6, 6:0) and Emma Navarro (USA) won the match versus Maria Mateas (USA) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:4).
The Colombian tennis player Emiliana Arango brought the big surprise of the day, eliminating the 11th-seeded Anastasia Potapova (Russia) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:3). The American players Sachia Vickery and Sofia Kenin also advanced to the second round after eliminating Carol Zhao (Canada) and Danielle Collins (USA), who retired in the second set of the match due to injury.
