Stuttgart Open: Mertens makes second round, plays Swiatek next
Elise Mertens beat Tatjana Maria 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 on Tuesday evening and will face top seed Iga Swiatek in the next round
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Belgian Elise Mertens beat German wildcard Tatjana Maria 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Tuesday.
Mertens, ranked No 30, will play top seed Iga Swiatek 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
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- 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
