Gracheva Upsets Top Seed Linette in WTA Austin Open Opening Round

Lynette's exit means three of the top six seeds are out of the tough court tournament that will take place in the women's professional tennis tournament in Austin on Tuesday.
Top-seeded Magda Linette crashed out of the WTA250 event in Austin with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over 88-ranked Varvara Gracheva on Tuesday.

Linette, who reached a career-high ranking of 21 this week, has lost three out of her last five matches. In January, she won her first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open in five games, but ultimately lost to Aryna Sabalenka. Gracheva, who saved 10 of 14 breaks against Linette, will next face Anna Blinkova.

Seeded women Collins, Stephens, and Kostyuk won Tuesday to advance to the second round of the tournament. 2022 Australian Open winner Collins beat Magdalena Frech 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4; Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, survived the two breaks she faced to beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-3; and Kostyuk beat Dalma Galfi 7-5, 6-1.

Lynette's exit means three of the top six seeds are out of the tough court tournament that will take place in the women's professional tennis tournament in Austin on Tuesday. No. 2 seed Zhang Shua was unable to play due to sickness, and No. 6 seed Lauren Davis withdrew from the tournament with an abdominal injury. Both players were replaced by women who lost in the qualifying finals.

Erika Andreeva replaced Zhang in the main draw and beat Harriet Dart 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(3), while Nao Hibino replaced Davis and lost to Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 3-6. , 6-2.

2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu withdrew before the start of the match due to tonsillitis.

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