WTA Adelaide International: Badosa wins battle of former world No 2s over Kontaveit

Spain’s Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, reached the last 16 of the Adelaide International 2 by winning against Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-3 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.

Badosa, ranked No 11, will face Estonian lucky loser Kaia Kanepi next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Kaia Kanepi beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (6) beat Victoria Azarenka (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Anastasia Potapova (LL): 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-4
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Alison Riske-Amritraj (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Qinwen Zheng (Q) beat Shelby Rogers (LL): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Amanda Anisimova (LL) beat Liudmila Samsonova: 7-5, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Garbine Muguruza (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Jaimee Fourlis (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sorana Cirstea (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Karolina Pliskova (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-3, 7-5
• Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-5, 6-4

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