WTA Adelaide: Siniakova powers past Pliskova for loss of only three games

Qualifier Katerina Siniakova moved into the second round of the Adelaide Open by beating wildcard Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-1 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park.

After playing excellent tennis to defeat Naomi Osaka in Brisbane, Pliskova was unable to bring her best against Siniakova in Adelaide on Tuesday, failing to win more than three games against the world No 49. The serve was a particular struggle for Pliskova, with the Czech facing a total of 22 break points and losing her serve on six occasions across the match.

Siniakova will play Russian qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Taylor Townsend vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Claire Liu vs. Daria Kasatkina: tuesday
• Caroline Garcia beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Ashlyn Krueger (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (6) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund beat Liudmila Samsonova (7): 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan (LL) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (4): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (LL) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-6 (3), 6-1