The former world’s number one Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) advanced to the third round of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open Akron after defeating Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:4, 7:6) in 2:10 hours of play.
Although the first serve of the 10th-seeded Belarusian tennis player not to be so accurate, she succeeded to be more accurate in the first return and made twice more winners than her opponent. Victoria Azarenka made only one break in the first set, but lost five more breakpoints by the end of the set, which finally closed at 6:4.
The second set started good for Dayana Yastremska, who broke her opponent and took a lead 2:0. However, Victoria Azarenka returned the break immediately and equalized to 2:2. In the eighth game, the Ukrainian played again took a lead with a break for 5:3 and served for the set, but her opponent returned the break immediately, saving two set points, and equalized to 5:5. Thus, the set went into a tiebreak, which Victoria Azarenka won in the second match point.
In the next round, Victoria Azarenka will face the 7th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova (Russia), who eliminated Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) by 2-1 (6:2, 6:7, 6:4).
Leylah Fernandez (Canada) also advanced to the third round after defeating the 13th-seeded Elise Mertens (Belgium) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:4) and will face Emma Navarro (USA), who shocked her compatriot and 4th-seeded Madison Keys and eliminated her after 2-0 (6:2, 7:6).
The top-seeded Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) did not made a mistake and took a straight set victory versus Alycia Parks (USA) in the second round after 2-0 (6:2, 6:2), as well as the 6th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia), who eliminated Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) after 2-0 (6:2, 6:3)
The qualifier Caroline Dolehide (USA) also advanced to the third round after defeating her compatriot Sachia Vickery by 2-1 (6:3, 4:6, 6:1).
