WTA Adelaide: Kostyuk books spot in second round

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk defeated countrywoman Anhelina Kalinina 7-6 (3), 6-1 to reach the second round of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Monday.

Kostyuk, ranked No 38, will face the winner of the match between No 3 seed Marketa Vondrousova and Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922,573):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Claire Liu vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Taylah Preston vs. Caroline Garcia
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Paula Badosa vs. Bernarda Pera
• Katie Boulter vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

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