Top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova breezed into the second round of the Hamburg Open WTA tournament on Wednesday while two German players fell by the wayside.
Russia’s Alexandrova won the first seven games en route to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Dutch qualifier Eva Vedder in 58 minutes.
Second seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine also reached the second round in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3 over Germany’s Jule Niemeier.
There was more pain for the hosts when third seed Tatjana Maria, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist who won the Queen’s title last month, wasted a 5-3 lead in the second set as she went out 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova.
Slovakia’s Kaya Juvan and Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain are already through to the quarter-finals with second-round victories.
Juvan rallied to beat American Louisa Chirico 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Romero Gormaz ousted Dutch player Arantxa Rus, 6-2, 6-2.