Three of the main draw seeds were eliminated in the first round of the WTA 250 Ladies Open Lausanne

Three of the main draw seeds were eliminated in the first round of the WTA 250 Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland with a prize fund of $251,750.

The top-seeded Danielle Collins (USA) lost to wild card Simona Waltert (Switzerland) with 1-2 (7:6, 3:6, 6:7) after three hours of play. The American tennis player overcame a break point three times in the third set, and wasted three match points in the tiebreak. Danielle Collins led by 6:3, but lost the next five points in a row, and with it also the match.

The fifth-seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (Spain) lost to Petra Martic (Croatia) with 0-2 (2:6, 2:6), and eightth-seeded Varvara Gracheva (Russia) lost to qualifier Eva Lys (Germany) with 0-2 (5:7, 4:6).

The second-seeded and Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020, Belinda Bencic, qualified for the second round after defeating Diane Parry (France) with 2-1 (3:6, 6:3, 6:1).

The third-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) eliminated Tamara Korpatsch (Germany) with 2-0 (6:4, 6:2), while the sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia (France) overcame Jasmine Paolini (Italy) with 2-0 (6:3, 6:3).