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SPORTS
Tuesday, August 30, 2017
U.S. Open
Sharapova grinds out win in grand slam return
By HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
NEW YORK — So much
about Maria Sharapova
was the same as it ever was
during her first Grand Slam
match since a 15-month
doping suspension: the
shot-punctuating shrieks, the
aggressive baseline style,
the terrific returning, the
sometimes-shaky serving.
Another familiar sight:
The five-time major cham-
pion gutted out a victory.
Sharapova
recovered
after faltering midway
through the match and
emerged to beat No.
2-seeded Simona Halep 6-4,
4-6, 6-3 at the U.S. Open on
Monday night to reach the
second round.
“This girl has a lot of
grit and she’s not going
anywhere,” Sharapova told
the crowd in an on-court
interview.
After leading by a set and
4-1 in the second, Sharapova
showed some fatigue and
rust, dropping five games
in a row. But in the third,
Sharapova regained control
by going ahead 3-0, using
her power to keep two-time
French Open runner-up
Halep under pressure.
Sharapova had not played
at a Grand Slam tournament
since January 2016, when
she tested positive for the
newly banned heart drug
meldonium during the
Australian Open. It was as
if every one of Sharapova’s
winners — and she compiled
60, 45 more than Halep —
was her way of declaring,
“I’m back!”
When a Halep shot sailed
long to end the match after
more than 2½ hours, Shara-
pova dropped to her knees
on court, then covered her
face as her eyes welled with
tears.
“I just thought that
was another day, another
opportunity, another match,”
Sharapova said. “But this
was so much more. I tried
not to think about it.”
The 30-year-old Russian
was allowed back on the
tour this April, but she was
denied a wild-card invitation
AP Photo/Kathy Willens
Maria Sharapova, of Russia, follows through in her
match against Simona Halep of Romania during her
match in the opening round of the U.S. Open tennis
tournament in New York on Monday.
for the French Open the next
month. The U.S. Tennis
Association did grant a wild
card to Sharapova, who was
once ranked No. 1 but is
currently 146th.
That is 144 spots below
Halep, who is among eight
women that entered the
U.S. Open with a chance
to top the WTA rankings
by tournament’s end. The
draw at Flushing Meadows
randomly
paired
the
two players, providing a
buzz-generating matchup
that managed to live up to
the hype on Day 1 at the
year’s last Grand Slam
tournament.
It was a tremendously
entertaining and high-quality
contest, more befitting a
final than a first-rounder.
These two women have,
indeed, faced off with a
Grand Slam title at stake:
Sharapova beat Halep in
the 2014 French Open final,
part of what is now her 7-0
head-to-head record in the
matchup.
On Monday, they traded
stinging shots, often with
Sharapova — dressed in all
black, from her visor to her
dress that sparkled under the
lights, to her socks and shoes
— aiming to end exchanges
and Halep hustling into
place to extend them.
Points would last 10
or 12 strokes, or more,
repeatedly leaving a sellout
crowd of 23,771 in Arthur
Ashe Stadium clapping and
yelling and high-fiving, no
matter which player won
them. The chair umpire
repeatedly
admonished
spectators to hush.
Halep blinked at the end
of the hour-long first set,
double-faulting to face a
break point, then watching
Sharapova punish a 71
mph second serve with a
forehand return winner. That
was Sharapova’s sixth return
winner; she would finish
with 14, more than enough
to counter her seven double-
faults.
It was quickly 4-1 for
Sharapova in the second set
and she held a break point
there to allow her to go up
5-1 and serve for the victory.
But she couldn’t convert it.
Then, only then, did Shara-
pova struggle for a bit. Her
footwork was a bit off. Her
forehand lost its way. She
would end up losing that
game and the next four, too,
as Halep managed to force a
third set.
But with the outcome
in the balance, Sharapova
once again looked as if she
had never been away. She
raced ahead 3-0 in the third,
then 5-2. And this time, she
did not let Halep back in,
improving to 11-0 in first-
round matches in New York.
FLOODING: LSU-BYU football game moved from Houston to New Orleans
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anonymity because the move
was not disclosed.
If the Astros play both
series in Florida, they will
end up playing 19 straight
games away from Houston,
where the AL West leaders
last played on Aug. 24. A
10-game road trip begins
after the Mets series.
“The safety of our fans,
players and staff remain our
main priority,” Astros Pres-
ident Reid Ryan said. “We
are extremely grateful to the
Tampa Bay Rays organiza-
tion for allowing us to use
their facility.”
Rangers general manager
Jon Daniels said the team
was open to hosting the
series in Arlington this
week, but had no interest in
swapping a series against the
Astros later in the season to
accommodate the change.
He said the Rangers declined
partially because of thoughts
for the fans, but also because
that change would have left
the Rangers with a 12-game
road trip late in the season.
“Just the competitive
challenge of having our guys’
last road trip of the year, (a)
four-city trip was not some-
thing that we wanted to do,”
he said. “We were prepared,
we offered to host the series,
but the decision was made to
go to Tampa instead.”
The Texans have been in
the Dallas area since leaving
New Orleans after playing
the Saints there on Saturday
night. As the flooding domi-
nated the news for another
day, athletes with ties to
Houston kept nervous watch,
worrying about loved ones.
Nationals star Anthony
Rendon, who grew up in
Houston, has been stressed
out hearing tales of his rela-
tives struggling back home.
He spoke to his parents on
Monday morning.
“They were saying the
water was creeping up to
their garage now,” he said.
“They’ve got a lot of land so
it has to cover the land first
before it gets to their house.
It’s tough to know they’re
not in a flood zone. They’re
in the middle of nowhere so
how the can the water reach
over there?”
Consumed by feelings of
helplessness and frustration,
LSU starting right tackle
Toby Weathersby said he
filled his truck with gas with
the intent of venturing into
Houston to try to evacuate
his grandparents. He held
off — but it was hard.
“I was going to be stupid,
but I had to come to the real-
ization that I’ve got to leave
it up to the professionals,”
Weathersby said. “I just sat
down and just thought about
the situation I was going to
be putting myself in. I wasn’t
worried about school or
nothing. I was just worried
about trying to get there, get
my people.”
Weathersby, a junior, said
he’d been in contact with his
grandparents on Sunday and
their home had not flooded,
though rising water had
engulfed their vehicles.
“They’re stuck right now
in the flood. Water is almost in
the house,” said Weathersby,
a 6-foot-6, 308-pound junior.
“You try to stay positive but
... It’s one of those situations
right now where you’ve got
to keep praying. Hopefully
my prayers reach over to
my grandparents so they can
hear me right now trying to
tell them to try to get out.”
Weathersby and his LSU
teammates were supposed
to play BYU on Saturday at
the home of the Texans. That
game has been moved to the
Superdome in New Orleans.
The Rice football was
settling in on TCU’s campus
in Fort Worth. The Owls
opened the season over the
weekend in Australia, where
they lost to Stanford. They
arrived in Los Angeles on
Monday morning before
another flight to Dallas, and
were expected to share the
campus with the Horned
Frogs until things improve
in Houston. The Owls have a
week off before traveling to
play UTEP on Sept. 9.
“While we would love
to be coming home today,
our first responsibility is
the safety of these players,”
coach David Bailiff said.
“We learned some lessons
in 2008 (during Hurricane
Ike) about coming home too
soon.”
TCU
coach
Gary
Patterson said there are still
specifics to work out, but
that the Horned Frogs will do
whatever they can to help.
“They’re worried about
parents and their families
back there, but then all their
belongings and their apart-
ments, and their housing,”
Patterson said. “It must have
been a very tough feeling to
be playing a ballgame all the
way in Australia knowing
that maybe everything that
you own may be gone.”
The University of Houston
football team, meanwhile,
is in Austin, where former
coach Tom Herman is
preparing for his first season
in charge of the Longhorns
after two seasons at Houston.
He said the Cougars canceled
their scheduled practice
Sunday when the flooding
was getting worse back in
Houston, and “guys being
worried and not really being
focused on football, nor
should they have been.”
Houston coach Major
Applewhite said he wasn’t
sure how long the team
would remain in Austin,
but that they’d been able to
determine that the families of
all players and staff back in
Houston were safe.
“On this trip, our job is
(to) be No. 1, parents, and
No. 2, to be coaches,” he
said. “We have to understand
the human element in this.”
Teams and athletes got
in on the fundraising efforts
for what will undoubtedly
be a long rebuilding process.
The Texans and owner Bob
McNair donated $1 million
to the United Way of Greater
Houston Flood Relief Fund.
The NFL Foundation said it
would match the $1 million
donation, and New England
Patriots owner Robert Kraft
and his family pledged to
match all funds donated to
the American Red Cross
in support of Harvey flood
relief up to $1 million.
This came after Texans
star J.J. Watt started a
fundraising page that had
raised more than $620,000
by Monday afternoon and
Houston Rockets and owner
Leslie Alexander donated $4
million to hurricane relief.
Major League Baseball also
contributed to the cause,
joining with the players asso-
ciation to donate $1 million
to the Red Cross and relief
organizations chosen by the
players.
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AP Sports Writers Stephen
Hawkins, Schuyler Dixon,
Jim Vertuno, Brett Martel,
Ralph D. Russo and AP
freelance writer Ben Standig
contributed to this report.
MARINERS: Gonzales lasts just 3 1/3 innings, allows five runs and eight hits
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fifth straight victory.
Chris Davis doubled in
the tiebreaking run in the
seventh inning for the resur-
gent Orioles, who climbed
over .500 (66-65) for the
first time since June 11.
“I think it’s pretty obvious
that if you’re .500 or below
you’re not going to the play-
offs,” manager Buck Show-
alter said. “Mathematically,
we know that’s a given. Got
another game tomorrow that
could take you back in the
other direction. That’s the
world we live in.”
Following a three-game
sweep in Boston with a
16-hit attack against the
Mariners, Baltimore jumped
past Seattle (66-66) to within
1 ½ games of idle Minnesota
for the final AL wild-card
spot.
“You’ve just got to keep
your head down and try to
win the next game,” Show-
alter said, “and figure out a
way to score enough runs to
do it.”
Seven was just enough on
this night.
Jones’ solo home run in
the fifth inning gave him
25 for an Orioles-record
seventh consecutive season.
He shared the mark of six
with Cal Ripken Jr.
“That’s some select
company,” Showalter said.
Ben Gamel homered and
had a career-high five RBIs
in Seattle’s third straight
defeat.
“Some positive signs
from our offense, no doubt,”
manager Scott Servais said.
“We played a crisper game
tonight, but obviously not
enough.”
With the score tied at 6,
Trey Mancini led off the
Baltimore seventh with a
single off Emilio Pagan
(1-3) and Davis followed
with a liner into the right-
field corner.
“I just missed down,”
Pagan said. “He’s a good
hitter, and he made me pay
for it.”
Donnie Hart (2-0) pitched
the seventh, Darren O’Day
worked out of a jam in the
eighth and Zach Britton
got three outs for his 12th
save — the first since his run
of converting 60 in a row
ended last week.
Seattle trailed 6-4 in the
sixth before Chris Tillman
issued successive one-out
walks and Gamel smacked
a two-run single off Mychal
Givens.
Tillman gave up six runs,
three hits and four walks —
all of which turned into runs.
A 16-game winner last year,
Tillman is winless in 16
starts since May 7.
Mariners starter Marco
Gonzales allowed five
runs and eight hits in 3 1/3
innings. He left with the
bases loaded in the fourth ,
but Christian Bergman kept
Seattle within 5-4 by retiring
Manny Machado and Jona-
than Schoop on popups.
Jones connected off
Bergman in the fifth for a
two-run cushion. It was the
250th of his career.
ROSTER MOVES
Mariners: Bergman had
his contract selected from
Triple-A Tacoma and RHP
Dan Altavilla was optioned
to the Rainiers. It’s Berg-
man’s third stint with Seattle
this season.
UP NEXT
Mariners: In the second
game of the series Tuesday
night, Erasmo Ramirez (5-4,
4.52 ERA) makes his fifth
start with Seattle.
Orioles: Dylan Bundy
(12-8, 4.18 ERA) is 4-0 in
six starts since July 6.
FC Dallas
9 7 9 36 37 33
San Jose
10 11 6 36 31 44
Real Salt Lake
10 13 5 35 40 48
Minnesota United 7 14 4 25 32 52
Los Angeles
6 14 5 23 32 47
Colorado
6 15 4 22 24 38
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
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Saturday’s Games
Atlanta United FC 2, Philadelphia 2, tie
D.C. United 1, New England 0
Columbus 2, FC Dallas 1
Vancouver 2, Orlando City 1
Minnesota United 2, Chicago 1
Sporting Kansas City at Houston, ppd.
Real Salt Lake 4, Colorado 1
Sunday’s Games
Toronto FC 3, Montreal 1
San Jose 3, Los Angeles 0
Portland 1, Seattle 1, tie
Hughes Herbert, France, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Jack
Sock (13), United States, 6-2, 7-6 (12), 1-6,
5-7, 6-4.
Gilles Muller (19), Luxembourg, def. Ber-
nard Tomic, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Kevin Anderson (28), South Africa, def. Jc
Aragone, United States, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8), France, def. Marius
Copil, Romania, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.
Kyle Edmund, Britain, def. Robin Haase
(32), Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (20), Spain, def.
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5,
6-7 (3), 7-5.
Pablo Carreno-Busta (12), Spain, def. Evan
King, United States, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Lucas Pouille (16), France, def. Ruben
Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. David
Ferrer (21), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (29),
Argentina, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina,
6-2, 6-1, 6-3.
Marin Cilic (5), Croatia, def. Tennys Sand-
gren, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Friday
Hermiston at Union (WA), 4:30 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Dayton-Waitsburg (WA), 7 p.m.
Umatilla at Union, 7 p.m.
Irrigon vs. Amity (at Hood River), 7 p.m.
Grant Union at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m.
Stanfield at Enterprise, 7 p.m.
St. Paul at Heppner, 7 p.m.
Elgin at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m.
Echo vs. Arlington (at Condon), 7 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday
Heppner at Dufur, 2 p.m.
Enterprise at Helix, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Helix, 4 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Elgin at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Enterprise, 6 p.m.
Thursday
Union at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Stanfield at Helix, 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Helix, 5:30 p.m.
Hermiston (JV) at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Friday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Mtn. View Invite,
8 a.m.
Imbler at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m.
Stanfield at Echo, 4 p.m.
Umatilla at Union, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock at Heppner
Tournament, 9 a.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Tuesday
La Grande at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Pendleton at Lewiston (ID), 4:30 p.m.
Umatilla at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Milwaukie at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
La Grande at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
Oregon Episcopal at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Tuesday
Baker at Riverside, 4:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
Wednesday
La Grande at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Pendleton at Milwaukie, 6 p.m.
Friday
Mac-Hi at Walla Walla (WA), 4 p.m.
Saturday
Umatilla at Pendleton, Noon
Riverside at Stevenson (WA), 1 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday
Hermiston, Umatilla, Heppner at Ultimook
Nike Invitational, 8 a.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla Univ., 6
p.m.
Wednesday
Blue Mountain vs. College of Southern
Idaho, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tuesday
Eastern Oregon at Hope Int’l (Calif.), Noon
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
74 57 .565 —
New York
70 60 .538 3½
Baltimore
66 65 .504
8
Tampa Bay
66 67 .496
9
Toronto
61 70 .466 13
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
74 56 .569 —
Minnesota
67 63 .515
7
Kansas City
64 66 .492 10
Detroit
57 73 .438 17
Chicago
52 77 .403 21½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
79 51 .608 —
Los Angeles
66 65 .504 13½
Seattle
66 66 .500 14
Texas
64 66 .492 15
Oakland
58 72 .446 21
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Monday’s Games
Baltimore 7, Seattle 6
Cleveland 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 6, Toronto 5
Tampa Bay 12, Kansas City 0
Detroit 4, Colorado 3
Oakland at L.A. Angels, late finish
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland (Bauer 13-8) at N.Y. Yankees
(Garcia 5-8), 4:05 p.m.
Seattle (Ramirez 5-4) at Baltimore (Bundy
12-8), 4:05 p.m.
Boston (Sale 14-6) at Toronto (Anderson
2-2), 4:07 p.m.
Texas (Perez 9-10) at Houston (Fiers 8-8),
4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-4) at Minne-
sota (Santana 13-7), 5:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-8) at Kansas City
(Junis 5-2), 5:15 p.m.
Detroit (Fulmer 10-11) at Colorado (Mar-
quez 10-5), 5:40 p.m.
Oakland (Smith 0-3) at L.A. Angels (Scrib-
ner 2-1), 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
79 51 .608 —
Miami
66 64 .508 13
Atlanta
57 72 .442 21½
New York
57 73 .438 22
Philadelphia
49 81 .377 30
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
70 60 .538 —
Milwaukee
68 63 .519 2½
St. Louis
65 65 .500
5
Pittsburgh
63 69 .477
8
Cincinnati
55 76 .420 15½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
91 38 .705 —
Arizona
73 58 .557 19
Colorado
71 60 .542 21
San Diego
57 73 .438 34½
San Francisco
52 80 .394 40½
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Monday’s Games
Washington 11, Miami 2
Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 1
Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 1
Detroit 4, Colorado 3
San Francisco at San Diego, late finish
Tuesday’s Games
Atlanta (Dickey 8-8) at Philadelphia (Leiter
Jr. 2-3), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Washington (Jack-
son 4-3), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Flexen 3-2) at Cincinnati
(Romano 3-5), 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Weaver 2-1) at Milwaukee
(Garza 6-7), 4:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Kuhl 6-9) at Chicago Cubs
(Arrieta 13-8), 5:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fulmer 10-11) at Colorado (Mar-
quez 10-5), 5:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Hill 9-5) at Arizona (Godley
5-7), 6:40 p.m.
San Francisco (Moore 4-12) at San Diego
(Perdomo 6-8), 7:10 p.m.
Wild Card Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W
New York
70
Minnesota
67
Los Angeles
66
Baltimore
66
Seattle
66
Tampa Bay
66
Texas
64
Kansas City
64
L
60
63
65
65
66
67
66
66
Pct GB
.538 +3
.515 —
.504 1½
.504 1½
.500
2
.496 2½
.492
3
.492
3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W
Arizona
73
Colorado
71
Milwaukee
68
Miami
66
L
58
60
63
64
Pct GB
.557 +2
.542 —
.519
3
.508 4½
MiLB
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Spokane at Salem-Keizer, late finish
Boise at Vancouver, late finish
Eugene at Everett, late finish
Tri-City at Hillsboro, late finish
Tuesday’s Games
Eugene at Everett, 1:05 p.m.
Spokane at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Boise at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Toronto FC
16 3 8 56 55 26
New York City FC 14 7 5 47 48 35
Columbus
13 12 3 42 42 42
Chicago
12 9 5 41 47 36
New York
12 10 3 39 38 33
Atlanta United FC 10 8 6 36 44 32
Montreal
10 9 6 36 42 41
Philadelphia
8 12 7 31 36 38
Orlando City
8 11 7 31 27 39
New England
8 12 5 29 39 41
D.C. United
8 15 4 28 22 44
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle
11 7 9 42 41 34
Portland
11 9 8 41 48 45
Sporting K.C.
10 5 10 40 31 19
Houston
10 8 8 38 46 37
Vancouver
11 9 5 38 37 35
Basketball
WNBA
Sunday’s Games
New York 92, Chicago 62
Los Angeles 78, Minnesota 67
Phoenix 75, Seattle 71
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
Connecticut at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Tennis
U.S. Open
How seeds fared
Tuesday
At USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
Center
New York
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Men’s Singles
First Round
Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Simone
Halep, Belgium, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Sam Querrey (17), United States, def.
Gilles Simon, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Yen-Hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Karen Khachan-
ov (25), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
Mischa Zverev (23), Germany, def. Thai-
Son Kwiatkowski, United States, 7-6 (5),
4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
John Isner (10), United States, def. Pierre
Women’s Singles
First Round
Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def.
Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania, 6-1, 7-5.
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (29), Croatia, def.
Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-4, 6-7 (4),
7-6 (4).
Maria Sakkari, Greece, def. Kiki Bertens
(24), Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4.
Venus Williams (9), United States, def.
Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (13), Czech Republic, def.
Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7-5, 7-5.
Caroline Garcia (18), France, def. Tereza
Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-1.
Magdalena Rybarikova (31), Slovakia, def.
Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, def. Varvara
Lepchenko, United States, 6-0, 6-3.
Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Johanna
Konta (7), Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Julia Goerges (30), Germany, def. Annika
Beck, Germany, 6-1, 6-0.
Ashleigh Barty, Australia, def. Ana Konjuh
(21), Croatia, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Anastasija Sevastova (16), Latvia, def.
Carina Witthoeft, Germany, 7-5, 6-1.
Shuai Peng (22), China, def. Amandine
Hesse, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Sofia Kenin, United States, def. Lauren
Davis (32), United States, 7-5, 7-5.