Sloane Stephens squeezes into Guadalajara quarterfinals
Sloane Stephens advanced to the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open by eking out a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) win over fifth-seeded Janice Tjen of Indonesia on Tuesday in Mexico. After a first set that featured no service breaks, Tjen had two set points while serving at 5-2 in the second set. Stephens recovered to take that game, then broke serve again to level the set 5-5 before prevailing in another…
Sloane Stephens advanced to the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open with a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) victory over fifth-seeded Janice Tjen of Indonesia on Tuesday. After a first set with no service breaks, Tjen had two set points at 5-2 in the second set. Stephens reclaimed the game and broke Tjen's serve again, tying it at 5-5 before clinching the set in a tiebreaker.
Despite failing to capitalize on both break points during her service games and hitting only two aces to Tjen's 11, Stephens prevailed. Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, will next face Peyton Stearns, who defeated fourth-seeded Diane Parry of France 6-2, 7-5. In other results, Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic beat Alycia Parks 6-4, 6-3, and Cristina Bucsa of Spain overcame Panna Udvardy 6-4, 6-4.
Darja Semenistaja of Latvia, who had lost her last nine main-draw matches, secured a first-round win in Sao Paulo, defeating Japan's Hayu Kinoshita 7-5, 6-4.
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