Jaqueline Cristian of Romania took down Marie Bouzkova -- the No. 1 seed, defending champion and hometown favorite -- 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic.
Bouzkova was born and raised in Prague and won this tournament last year for her maiden WTA singles title. Those good feelings did not carry over into this week, as Cristian broke Bouzkova's serve eight times in 14 opportunities to control the match and win in two hours and 47 minutes.
No. 8 seed Kateryna Baindl beat fellow Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, while No. 6 seed Alize Cornet of France led Czech foe Lucie Havlickova 6-2, 4-2 when their match was suspended. Japan's Nao Hibino and Germany's Tamara Korpatsch also won their matches.Lauren Davis outlasted Sloane Stephens 7-6 , 3-6, 6-1 in an all-American, first-round match in Washington.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk saved three match points to complete a comeback win over Canada's Bianca Andreescu, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 . Andreescu had one match point while up 5-4 in the third set and double match point while up 6-5, but Kostyuk stayed alive and forced the tiebreaker, where she never trailed.
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