Bad Homburg | Niemeier stuns Sakkari, but Samsonova and Haddad Maia get off the mark

Upset in Bad Homburg as Niemeier shocks Sakkari, while Samsonova and Haddad Maia notch first wins

[ad_1] At the WTA 250 Bad Homburg Open on Monday, Jule Niemeier stunned top-seed Maria Sakkari, while Diana Shnaider upset another local favourite, Angelique Kerber, but Liudmilla Samsonova and Beatriz Haddad Maia both advanced safely enough into round 2. Niemeier, a Germany lucky loser ranked 98 in the world, replaced Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the draw…

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Rome | Swiatek, Gauff and Zheng survive 3-setters as Vondrousova, Kasatkina and Haddad Maia tumble out

Swiatek, Gauff, and Zheng prevail in three-set battles at Rome Open, while Vondrousova, Kasatkina, and Haddad Maia suffer defeats

[ad_1] Saturday at the Foro Italico in Rome Iga Swiatek had to dig herself out of a second set hole to survive Yulia Putintseva and book herself a place in the 4th-round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, while Coco Gauff found herself bagelled in the middle set before seeing off Jaqueline Cristian, and Zheng Qinwen…

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