WTA Linz: Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova one round further
On Wednesday there were mostly victories of the favorites at the WTA tournament in Linz. Both Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova achieved success.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Nov 11, 2020, 09:48 pm

After the top seeded Aryna Sabalenka had successfully started the WTA tournament in Linz on Tuesday , Elise Mertens, who was in second place, followed suit on Wednesday. The Belgian got off to a poor start against the qualifier Anhelina Kalinina, but ultimately won confidently with 2: 6, 6: 1 and 6: 2. In the second round, the world number 21 meets. to Vera Zvonareva.
The seeded Nadia Podoroska, Veronika Kudermetova and Jil Teichmann only contested their first individual in Upper Austria on Wednesday. While French Open semi-finalist Podoroska beat Irina-Camelia Begu 6: 4 and 6: 4 and Kudermetova even distributed the maximum penalty to local hero Barbara Haas , Teichmann had to face French Oceane Dodin 6: 1, 4: 6 and 2: 6 give up.
Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded in fourth place, has already bought her ticket for the quarter-finals. The 25-year-old defeated Varvara Gracheva in a purely Russian duel with 7: 5 and 6: 1. Also in the round of the last eight are Barbora Krejcikova (5: 7, 7: 6 (7) and 6: 4 vs. Greet Minnen) and Aliaksandra Sasnovich (3: 6, 6: 1 and 6: 3 vs. Jana Fett ).