Vekic Cruises And Sakkari Exits In Mexico
Croatian third seed Donna Vekic was untroubled by Misaki Doi at the Mexican Open in Acapulco.
Donna Vekic cruised through her Mexican Open first-round clash, but fellow seed Maria Sakkari fell on Monday.
Vekic needed just over an hour to brush past Misaki Doi 6-0 6-3 in her opener at the WTA International event in Acapulco.
The Croatian third seed was thrashed in the previous clash between the pair in 2017, but broke five times in a convincing win in their second meeting.
Vekic was one of two seeds in action and the other, Sakkari, made a first-round exit at the hands of Monica Puig.
Puig finished strongly to get past the Greek sixth seed 7-5 4-6 6-0 in two hours, 34 minutes.
In a battle between two qualifiers, Beatriz Haddad Maia was too good for Irina Bara 6-0 6-2.
Wang Yafan breezed past Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-2 and Katie Boulter beat Conny Perrin 6-4 7-5.
At the Oracle Challenger Series event at Indian Wells, former world number five and defending champion Sara Errani fell to a 6-3 5-7 6-2 loss to Allie Kiick.
There were wins for the likes of Timea Bacsinszky, Yanina Wickmayer and Jennifer Brady.