Stuttgart Open: Jabeur scrapes into second round
Ons Jabeur edged out Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday. She’ll play Jasmine Paolini in the next round
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Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 7 seed, advanced to the second round of the Stuttgart Open by edging out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) at the Porsche-Arena on Wednesday.
Jabeur, ranked No 9, will face Jasmine Paolini next.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Emma Raducanu vs. Angelique Kerber
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Laura Siegemund
- 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
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