World No 192 Bacsinszky stuns World No 13 Sevastova at Sydney International

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Patna : World No 192 in WTA rankings Timea Bacsinszky, 29, Switzerland, stunned World No 13 Anastasija Sevastova, 28, Latvia, in the first round in the women’s section of Sydney International, Sydney, Australia, on January 7, 2019. Bacsinszky beat Sevastova, the 9th seed, in three-sets 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. Both the players committed 3 double faults each in the match. Bacsinszky won 9 bfreak points to 7 by Sevastova. Bacsinszky hit 4 Aces in the match to 3 by her rival.

World No 73 in WTA rankings and 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur, 34, Australia, upset World No 26 Dominika Cibulkova, 29, Slovakia, in the first round of Sydney International on January 7, 2019. Stosur, a 2010 French Open finalist, beat Cibulkova in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to enter the Round of 16 of the tournament. Stosur hammered 15 Aces in the match to just 2 by Cibulkova. Cibulkova committed 6 double faults to 3 by Stosur. Stosur won 2 break points to 1 by Cibulkova. Stosur will face Bacsinszky in the Round of 16.

World No 44 Yulia Putintseva, 23, Kazakhstan,  beat World No 34 Daria Gavrilova, 24, Australia, 6-1, 706 in the first round. Gavrilova committed 5 double faults in the match to 1 by Putintseva. Gavrilova also hit 2 Aces in the match to none by her rival. But, Putintseva won 5 break points to 2 by Gavrilova.

World No 18 and winner of two Grand Slam titles Garbine Muguruza, 25, Spain, beat World No 23 Carla Suarez  Navarro, 30, Spain, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. Muguruza hit 9 Aces in nthe match to 3 by Navarro. She also won 3 break points to 1 by Navarro.