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No. 1 Kerber survives scare

Wuhan (China): Angelique Kerber survived a scare in her first match as world No.1 before beating Kristina Mladenovic in three sets at the Wuhan Open on Tuesday.

No. 1 Kerber survives scare

Angelique Kerber in action against Kristina Mladenovic. AFP



Wuhan (China), September 27

Angelique Kerber survived a scare in her first match as world No.1 before beating Kristina Mladenovic in three sets at the Wuhan Open on Tuesday. The German made a convincing start before missing two set points and allowing Mladenovic to take the first set in a tie break.

But Kerber then swept through the rest of the match, winning 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4 to set up a third-round meeting with Petra Kvitova.

Meanwhile, Garbine Muguruza was shown the door by former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic,  6-4 7-6(2).

Sania-Strycova in Round 3

Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova notched up a hard-fought 3-6 6-3 10-5 win over Gabriela Dabrowski and Maria Sanchez to advance to the third round. — Agencies

Wuhan Open

Results (Round 2) 

Jelena Jankovic bt 2-Garbine Muguruza 6-4 7-6(2); Caroline Wozniacki bt Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4; 6-Venus Williams bt Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2; 1-Angelique Kerber bt Kristina Mladenovic 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4; 14-Petra Kvitova bt Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-1; 3-Agnieszka Radwanska bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 6-1

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