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Puig advances at Tianjin Open
TIANJIN, CHINA: Olympic gold medallist Monica Puig advanced to the second round of the Tianjin Open by beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 6-3, 7-6(5) on Tuesday. Four
Published on: Oct 12, 2016, 06:51:24 IST
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TIANJIN, CHINA: Olympic gold medallist Monica Puig advanced to the second round of the Tianjin Open by beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 6-3, 7-6(5) on Tuesday. Four other seeded players were eliminated, including No 3 Elena Vesnina of Russia, who lost to American qualifier Shelby Rogers 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4), and No 4 Timea Babos of Hungary, who was beaten by another American, Alison Riske, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Peng Shuai of China advanced when seventh seed Zhang Shuai withdrew before their match with a lower back injury.
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