Raducanu too good for Kerber in Stuttgart first round
Emma Raducanu beat Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday evening and will face Linda Noskova in the next round
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Wildcard Emma Raducanu won against German wildcard Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Wednesday evening.
Raducanu, ranked No 303, will face Linda Noskova next.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Anastasia Potapova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Marta Kostyuk beat Laura Siegemund (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (7) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Linda Noskova beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 6-3, 6-1
- Elise Mertens beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Donna Vekic: 6-4, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-1, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Barbora Krejcikova: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Diana Shnaider (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-5
