Berlin Open: Sakkari to face Saville in second round clash

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 2 seed, advanced to the second round of the Berlin Open by beating French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean 6-3, 6-2 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Sakkari needed one hour and 24 minutes for the win, in which she did not face a single break pint against her own serve.

Ranked No 6 in the world, Sakkari will next meet Australian qualifier Daria Saville . who defeated Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-7 [2], 7-5, 6-2

Berlin WTA 500, first-round matches (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210)

• Liudmila Samsonova beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-5, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Anastasia Gasanova (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Bianca Andreescu beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-7 [5], 6-0, 6-0
• Daria Saville beat Jil Teichmann: 6-7 [2], 7-5, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (6) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
• Ann Li vs. Coco Gauff
• Ons Jabeur vs. Karolina Muchova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Alycia Parks
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Andrea Petkovic vs. Garbine Muguruza
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alize Cornet
• Belinda Bencic vs. Jule Niemeier

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