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Timea Babos Defends Monterrey Open Title Against Ana Sofia Sanchez
Hungary’s Timea Babos opened the defense of her title at the Monterrey Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Mexico’s Ana Sofia Sanchez.
The 19-year-old Babos, who is ranked No. 123 in the world, needed just 67 minutes to beat Sanchez and advance to the second round.
Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer, the No. 6 seed, and Poland’s Urszula Radwanska, who is seeded 7th, also advanced to the second round.
Wickmayer beat Russia’s Valeria Savinykh 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in two hours, while Radwanska defeated American Maria Sanchez 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in one hour and 44 minutes on Monday.
Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboeba defeated Greece’s Eleni Danilidou 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, while Romania’s Monica Niculescu beat Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-2, 2-1 (retired).
The match between Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No. 5 seed, and countrywoman Nina Bratchikova was suspended due to rain with Bratchikova leading 4-2.
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, the world No. 6 and top seed in Monterrey, will make her debut at the tournament on Tuesday against American qualifier Samantha Crawford.
The 5th edition of the Monterrey Open, which has $235,000 in prize money, features its last three champions: France’s Marion Bartoli (2009), Pavlyuchenkova (2010 and 2011) and Babos (2012).
The Monterrey Open is one of Mexico’s main tennis tournaments along with the Acapulco Open, whose winners were Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Italy’s Sara Errani in March.
Published in Latino Daily News
2013-04-03 10:16:37
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