Andreeva, Badosa, Putintseva in action on Day 1 at Ningbo 2024 | WTA Match Highlights

Oh she's just hitting the ball absolutely huge early step that's a good point under pressure from dollahyde no backing down well you can understand why she went to that volley because most players would have covered the cross court there she would save his hands what a point incredible defending at the net from caroline dollahyde but just utterly relentless from yulia putin saver god they're in the end finally able to actually hit the ball past her opponent it's just incredible again what a combination of shots well that was a bit of a clinic from yulia putin saver who wins 12 games in a row to close that match out after finding herself two love down in the first set she was absolutely incredible from that point onwards and she will take on either one yapan or beatrice hadash maya in the second rounds as easy as it gets today for putin saver just over an hour all that was required six two six love yeah it's a lovely move forward good volley as well kept that racket out in front he's finding such good depth oh what a strike a little apology with the net cord there oh so aggressive what a change of direction you're thinking why can't i play a point like that it's too good again just too much firepower well once she you sails into round two it's been a tough few months for her hasn't won too many matches but comes through this one very comfortably indeed an identical scoreline to our opening match of the day on this court as she drops just the two games and it will either be diana schneider or paola verdosa up next for her very impressive start to her campaign six two six love what a game she has an absolute revelation oh yes now the penultimate forehand from paola verdosa an absolute scorcher brilliant point from diana schneider it's a great return give diana schneider an angle she will gobble it up thank you very much oh it's a brilliant point arguably the best of the match so far verdosa got herself into a bit of trouble there with that very short forehand schneider stay patient on it just brilliance from verdosa her debut here at the ningbo open begins with a win and a good one at that she increases her head-to-head over diana schneider to four and two and that's a nice ending between two massive competitors two players in the world's top 20 one of them had to go one of them had to advance and that one is a smiling paola verdosa put the work in tonight it was a long one on a very humid evening and she comes through it's four six six three six three yeah better this from lepchenko better length easy pickings oh that is a perfect lock well it's very so again andrea backs up a breaker serve needs to tap into that little middle section what a strike brimming full of confidence 13 15 well sealed in style and raver's superb season shows no sign of letting up that was ruthless against vavala lepchenko got off to a flyer in set one lepchenko showed a bit of resistance but in set number two there was simply no stopping mira andreva that is an excellent win another super win for her this season and raver into the second round here in ningbo comfortably six two six love