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Holy smokes!
Cristina Bucsa defeats Sara Bejlek in straight sets.
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Holy smokes!
Cristina Bucsa defeats Sara Bejlek in straight sets.
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Woah!
Cristina Bucsa bagels Sara Bejlek in the 1st Set.
Sara does not look right.
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Liudmila Samsonova defeats Kayla Day in 3 sets.
Samsonova led 4 games to 0 in the 3rd and only just got away with it in the end.
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Kayla Day takes her match with Liudmila Samsonova to a decider.
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Liudmila Samsonova takes the 1st Set Tiebreak from Kayla Day.
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Iva Jovic defeats Zeynep Sonmez in straight sets.
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Iva Jovic takes the 1st Set from Zeynep Sonmez.
Jovic led 4 games to 0 and served for the Set at 5-3.
Sonmez served for the Set at 6 games to 5.
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Magdalena Frech defeats Caroline Dolehide in straight sets.
She will play the winner of Zeynep Sonmez vs Iva Jovic which is up next.
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Magdalena Frech takes the 1st Set from Caroline Dolehide.
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Magdalena Frech & Caroline Dolehide are warming up.
Marta Kostyuk advances as Taylor Townsend has withdrawn due to illness.
Bucsa C. / Melichar-Martinez N. vs Dolehide C. / Khromacheva replaces them in the Order of Play.
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Great defending from Sloane on Match Point.
Sloane Stephens defeats Janice Tjen in straight sets.
Janice served for the Set at 5 games to 3 and had 2 Set Points.
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Sloane Stephens takes the 1st Set Tiebreak from Janice Tjen.
No breaks of any service game so far.
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We are back on court and Sloane Stephens & Janet Tjen are warming up.
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Sloane Stephens and Janet Tjen wait for the court to dry.
It's definitely raining.
The players are being told they can go inside if they want.
It looks pretty heavy to me.
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Peyton Stearns defeats Diane Parry in straight sets.
Peyton wins the 1st Set and Diane has a MTO for her knee.
Parry goes 4-0 up in the 2nd but Stearns wins 7 of the next 8 games.
Sloane Stephens vs Janice Tjen is up next!
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Diane Parry is receiving a MTO during the break between sets.
They've also replayed the tumble where she twists her knee and a later point where her knee causes her some discomfort.
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Peyton Stearns takes the 1st Set from Diane Parry.
Parrry took a tumble earlier and doesn't seem to have recovered from it.
Parry's 1st Serve was 36% in the 1st Set.
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Peyton Stearns breaks to go up 5 - 2 against Diane Parry.
Parry needs to find some of her magic from last time she played in Mexico (Monterrey 18 days agowhen she won the WTA 500).
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Sara Bejlek defeats Alycia Parks in straight sets.
Our commentator wasn't sure they were going to finish before rain fell. It started to drizzle during the post match interview..
Diane Parry vs Peyton Stearns is on in 45 mins.
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5'4" Sara Bejlek takes set from 6'1" Alycia Parks
I've just discovered how tall Parks is - and Bejlek seems to have grown an inch since I last looked her up on Wikipedia. 😜