Friedsam retires with ankle injury at Gastein Ladies

The 21-year-old German reached a career-high 73rd on this week’s WTA rankings.

Stosur has the ability to frustrate and thrill in equal measure, but the Australian was at her best in a quick-fire 6-1 6-0 victory over Koukalova in their second-round contest.

Fifth-seeded Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic advanced to the second round after a 6-4 6-1 win over Lara Arruabarrena of Spain and Andreea Mitu of Romania saved two match points before beating Austrian wild-card entry Barbara Haas 6-1 6-7 (5) 7-6 (5).

Top seed Errani was a 6-4 6-4 victor over Sasnovich in round one at the clay-court event in Austria.

“I’ve been in enough matches where it’s turned around to know that you have to stay concentrated and keep doing all the right things to make sure you finish it off”.

Father of heroin addict: “I want my little girl back” . Other first-round winners included Polona Hercog of Slovenia, Maryna Zanevska of Ukraine, Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands, and Annika Beck of Germany.

Italy’s Roberta Vinci beat Russian qualifier Alexandra Panova 7-6 (3), 6-3 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup.

Meanwhile, former champion Julia Goerges defeated Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-3 6-4to set up a second-round clash with Daria Kasatkina of Russian Federation, who beat Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-3 6-1.

In first-round play, Johanna Larsson of Sweden downed Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-2, 6-2.