{"id":42214,"date":"2023-12-31T17:15:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/stephens-into-brisbane-second-round-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:15:58","slug":"stephens-into-brisbane-second-round-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/stephens-into-brisbane-second-round-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephens into Brisbane second round | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nBRISBANE:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former US Open champion <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2394182\/stephens-suffers-first-round-exit\">Sloane Stephens<\/a> battled into the second round of the season-opening Brisbane International with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 win over Katerina Siniakova on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Stephens, who reached a career-best ranking of three in 2018, broke her Czech opponent once in each set to book a second-round clash against 13th seeded Belgian Elise Mertens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was obviously a good match,&#8221; Stephens said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always really tough starting the year &#8212; you just don&#8217;t really know what&#8217;s going to happen, so I think being able to come here and get a win was really nice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really proud of that performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other first-round matches, there were wins for Ukraine&#8217;s Marta Kostyuk over Romanian Ana Bogdan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Italian Camila Giorgi, who beat American Peyton Stearns 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Australian wildcard Arina Rodionova upset higher-ranked Italian Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-2, while Anna Kalinskaya downed American Bernarda Pera 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat countrywoman Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Former world number one Naomi Osaka begins her comeback on Monday when she plays Germany&#8217;s Tamara Korpatsch.<\/p>\n<p>Only two matches were played in the men&#8217;s draw, with Alexei Popyrin winning an all-Australian clash against Chris O&#8217;Connell 6-4, 6-7 (5\/7), 7-6 (7\/4).<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Shevchenko beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s top seed Holger Rune opens his tournament on Monday against Australian Max Purcell while second seed Grigor Dimitrov faces former world number one Andy Murray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRISBANE: Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens battled into the second round of the season-opening Brisbane International with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 win over Katerina Siniakova on Sunday. 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