Konjuh Eases Through In Bol

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

BOL, Croatia – No.5 seed Ana Konjuh eased past Grace Min, 6-1, 6-3, in her Bol Open 125K opener. Despite rain dampening much of the afternoon action, the Croatian favorite notched her first WTA win in her home country to book a Round of 16 clash against Turkey’s Ipek Soylu.

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Also through is another Croat, wildcard Tereza Mrdeza, who took on fellow countrywoman Ani Mijacika. A lucky loser, Mijacika came up short once again in the first round and bowed out 6-3, 6-4.

Joining Konjuh and Mrdeza in the second round are a pair of seeded players, No.4 Nao Hibino and No.7 Polona Hercog. Hercog had to come back from a mid-match wobble to advance Petra Martic, who was looking to make it three Croatians through today. The Slovak defeated her 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. Hibino had little trouble against French qualifier Marine Partaud, making her way to the Round of 16, 6-2, 6-1.

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for the seeds in Bol. No.1 seed Anna Karolina Schmiedlova bowed out to Kristina Kucova in the day’s biggest upset, while No.3 Shuai Zheng suffered a 6-4, 7-6(4) defeat at the hands of Ysaline Bonaventure.

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