WTA Guadalajara: Samsonova defeats Kanepi; meets second seed Sabalenka next

Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova defeated Estonian veteran Kaia Kanepi 6-1, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Guadalajara Open at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Monday.

Samsonova, ranked No 22, will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka next.

With the win, Samsonova has now won 19 of her last 21 matches in tour, including three titles.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other first-round matches:

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Tereza Martincova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Lauren Davis vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Eugenie Bouchard vs. Kayla Day
• Donna Vekic vs. Laura Pigossi
• Belinda Bencic vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Shelby Rogers vs. Martina Trevisan
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Magda Linette vs. Madison Keys
• Sloane Stephens vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Camila Osorio
• Bernarda Pera vs. Petra Kvitova
• Asia Muhammad vs. Elise Mertens
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Ann Li vs. Rebecca Marino
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jil Teichmann
• Lin Zhu vs. Alize Cornet
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Elina Avanesyan

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