MINSK, 12 June (BelTA) – World number 19 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated world number 231 Natalija Stevanovic of Serbia, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 to progress into the Libema Open second round in s'Hertogenbosch, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian will next face either world number 70 Rebecca Peterson of Sweden or world number 152 Ashlyn Krueger of the United States.
Belarus’ world number 71 Aliaksandra Sasnovich will kick off her campaign in the netherlands against Italy’s world number 111 Lucrezia Stefanini.
The grass-court event in s'Hertogenbosch will be over on 18 June.