2nd-seeded Petra Kvitova makes 2nd round of Prague Open

Tue., May 1, 2018

In this March 26, 2018 file photo, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic hits a return to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia during the Miami Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla. Kvitova eased past fellow Czech Tereza Smitkova 6-1, 6-3 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Prague Open. (Joe Skipper / Associated Press)

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Prague Open

WTA TOUR

Tuesday’s Results

At TK Sparta Praha, Prague, Czech Republic

Surface: Clay-Outdoor; Purse: $226,750 (Intl.)

Singles – First Round

Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3.

Antonia Lottner, Germany, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-0, 7-5.

Zhang Shuai (6), China, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-4, 7-5.

Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Barbora Strycova (5), Czech Republic, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.

Mihaela Buzarnescu (7), Romania, def. Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, 6-1, 7-5.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romania, def. Bernarda Pera, United States, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (9), Belarus, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4.

Jasmine Paolini, Italy, def. Daria Kasatkina (3), Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

Doubles – First Round

Nicole Melichar, United States, and Kveta Peschke (3), Czech Republic, def. Petra Krejsova and Jesika Maleckova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-4, 10-4.

Barbora Stefkova and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, and Olga Savchuk (5), Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5.

Misaki Doi, Japan, and Cornelia Lister, Sweden, def. Liang Chen and Zhang Shuai, China, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 10-8.

Priscilla Hon, Australia, and Yana Sizikova, Russia, def. Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Reka-Luca Jani, Hungary, 7-5, 6-2.

PRAGUE – Second-seeded Petra Kvitova eased past fellow Czech Tereza Smitkova 6-1, 6-3 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Prague Open.

The 10th-ranked Kvitova, who is playing the Prague Open for the first time, will next face unseeded Russian Natalia Vikhlyantseva.

Third-seeded Daria Kasatkina was eliminated 7-6 (6), 6-3 by Italian Jasmine Paolini while fifth-seeded Czech Barbora Strycova lost to another Italian, Camila Giorgi, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2. Sixth-seeded Shuai Zhang of China made the second round after a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland.

Seventh-seeded Mihaela Buzarnescu of Romania also advanced with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia while ninth-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus was upset by Czech Kristyna Pliskova 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Antonia Lottner of Germany and Czech Denisa Allertova also progressed. American Bernarda Pera was knocked out by Romania’s qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

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