The winner of the first round singles match the day before, Eugenie Bouchard also enjoyed victory in her opening doubles match at the tennis tournament in Chennai, India, Tuesday.
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Along with Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, the Quebecois won in two sets 6-2, 6-4 against fourth seeds Xinyun Han of China and Katarzyna Kawa of Poland. The winning pair took advantage of their opponents’ five double-faults to score five breaks on eight occasions.
The next tandem rivals are Oksana Selekhmeteva from Russia and Anastasia Gasanova or Ankita Raina from India and Rosalie van der Hoek from the Netherlands.
The win was another positive for Bouchard, world number 902, who on Monday bagged his first major draw win on the WTA Tour since March 2021. You’re with local player Karman Thandi (359th). The latter also lost his flag in qualifying for the recent National Bank Championship in Granby ahead of the Canadian Cadence Brace.
Accelerated match
Meanwhile, Carol Zhao quickly solves the case of Olivia Tjandramulia from Australia. The 187th racket in the WTA won in two identical sets 6-1 and 63 minutes in the first half.
Zhao didn’t need to save his serve once against the 120th player on the tour. He made five breaks on 12 occasions, capitalizing on his opponent’s inability to take the lead on his second serve. Tjandramulia won only three of the 13 points contested when he got hold of the second ball.
In the next round, Zhao will face the second seed, Moscow’s Varvara Gracheva, ranked 80th in the world.
