WTA roundup: Noskova upsets Ostapenko in Stuttgart, Garcia survives Cocciaretto challenge in Rouen

Linda Noskova, a 19-year-old Czech, defeated Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday.

Noskova saved 8 of 9 break points and went 5-for-5 in her attempts to break Ostapenko. Noskova has already defeated three top ten opponents this year, including an upset of World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland at the Australian Open.

Jasmine Paolini defeated fellow Italian Sara Errani 6-1, 6-0 in a match that lasted only 46 minutes.

Chinese No. 5 seed Qinwen Zheng and Czech No. 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova won their first-round matches in straight sets, while Belgian Elise Mertens defeated Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.

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No. 2 seed Caroline Garcia of France defeated Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round in Rouen, France.

Garcia hit 11 aces and took advantage of her opponent's eight double faults, but she fell behind in the third set and needed four straight games to win.

No. 1 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia breezed past France's Alice Robbe 6-2, 6-2 in 67 minutes.

No. 3 Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine defeated Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 7-5, but it wasn't all bad for the host nation, as French seventh seed Clara Burel rallied to defeat Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Other winners included No. 4 seed Yue Yuan of China, Serbia's Natalija Stevanovic, Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, and Elina Avanesyan of Russia.

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