Patty Schnyder rolls back the years in Gstaad
ByPA Sport
Published 18/07/2017 at 20:19 GMT
Veteran Patty Schnyder claimed her first WTA main draw win in over five years with a first-round victory against fellow Swiss Amra Sadikovic at the Ladies Championship in Gstaad.
Veteran Swiss Patty Schnyder continued her return to the WTA main draw with a first-round win
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The 38-year-old former world number seven, who had retired in mid-2011 before starting to play ITF Challenger tournaments in 2015, came through 6-4 6-7 (7/9) 7-6 (8/6) having been handed a wildcard entry.
Top seed Caroline Garcia saw off Elitsa Kostova 7-5 6-1 but defending champion Viktorija Golubic, the seventh seeded Swiss, went down 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7/5) against German qualifier Antonia Lottner.
Third seed Anett Kontaveit beat Italian Martina Trevisan 6-1 6-3, while fifth seed Johanna Larsson saw off Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 6-4.
Sara Sorribes Tormo ended the hopes of Russian number eight seed Evgeniya Rodina, who was beaten 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7/5).
Also through to the second round are Tamara Korpatsch, Barbara Haas and Tereza Martincova.
At the Bucharest Open, t op seed Anastasija Sevastova produced a straight-sets win over Jana Cepelova.
The Latvian world number 17 coasted to a 6-2 6-0 victory in just under an hour.
But sixth seed Sorana Cirstea suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 defeat to fellow Romanian Ana Bogdan.
Bogdan was joined in the second round by fellow home hopes Irina-Camelia Begu, Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Alexandra Dulgheru.
Fifth-seed Elise Mertens moved into the second round by beating Quirine Lemoine in straight sets while there were also wins for Pauline Parmentier and Danka Kovinic.
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