the Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki eliminated the 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens at the start of the hard court tennis tournament WTA 500 Guadalajara Open. the Australian tennis player achieved a straight-set victory of 2-0 (6:4, 6:3) in 1:26 hours.
Olivia Gadecki started strongly the match and after a break led by 3:0. Sloane Stephens returned the break in the 5th game, but the Australian tennis player broke again in the next game and kept her lead of 4:2. Olivia Gadecki had a three set points at 0-40 in the 8th game at service of her opponent, but Sloane Stephens saved all of them and even broke the Australian player in her next game to keep her chances for the set. However, Olivia Gadecki broke again for 6:4 and closed the set in 44 minutes.
The second set started better for Sloane Stephens, who broke early for 3:1, but since then Olivia Gadecki won five games in a row, including two breaks, to close the set at 6:3 and win the match.
The next opponent of Olivia Gadecki at the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open will be the second-seeded Danielle Collins.
In the other matches from the day, Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia) defeated Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:0) and in the next round will face the third-seeded Victoria Azarenka (Belarus).
Renata Zarazua (Mexico) also advanced to the second round after defeating Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine) by 2-1 (6:1, 3:6, 6:1), as well as Camila Osorio (Colombia), who eliminated Hailey Baptiste (USA) after 2-0 (6:3, 6:2).
Earlier in the day, Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) won her match versus Anna Blinkova (Russia) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4), while Eva Lys (Germany) defeated Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:3, 7:5) and Clara Burel (France) eliminated Marina Bassols (Spain) after 2-0 (6:2, 6:2).
Diane Parry (France) also advanced ahead after defeating Chiraz Bechri (Switzerland) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:0), while Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (Great Britain) eliminated Alycia Parks (USA) after 2-1 (6:3, 5:7, 6:3) and Mai Hontama (Japan) won her match versus Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Indonesia) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:1).
