Deadspin WTA roundup: Anna Bondar ousts top seed in Guangzhou upset

Bondar scores Guangzhou upset

Bondar beat Ukraine’s Snigur 6-4, 6-2 in the first round on Monday. She hit eight aces and converted four of her eight break-point chances during the 75-minute match.

Bondar recorded 22 winners to Snigur’s 12. Her next opponent will be American Sofia Kenin or Spain’s Kaitlin Quevedo in the WTA 250 tournament’s second round.

Other Guangzhou results

Spain’s Paula Badosa, the fifth seed, defeated American Carol Young Suh Lee 6-1, 6-4. Seventh-seeded Maria Timofeeva of Uzbekistan beat Serbia’s Teodora Kostovic 6-4, 6-1. Britain’s Harriet Dart, Austria’s Sinja Kraus and China’s Han Shi also won their first-round matches.

Mertens and Eala advance

In Tokyo, fifth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium beat home favorite Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-2 in the WTA 500 first round. Mertens converted all four break points and made eight unforced errors in 78 minutes.

Mertens will next face either Canada’s Leylah Fernandez or Japan’s Himeno Sakatsume. Eighth-seeded Alexandra Eala of the Philippines defeated 17-year-old Briton Mika Stojsavljevic 6-1, 6-2 in 75 minutes.