Lausanne 2019: Thursday's Order of Play and Match Points

1m read 18 Jul 2019 5y ago

ORDER OF PLAY (all courts start 12 noon)

CENTRE COURT

Fiona FERRO (FRA) v Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [4]
[Q] Anastasia POTAPOVA (RUS) v Tamara KORPATSCH (GER)
Not before 3pm
[Q] Allie Kiick (USA) v Samantha STOSUR (AUS)
Not before 5:30pm
[WC] Simona WALTERT (SUI) v Jil TEICHMANN (SUI)

COURT 1

Mona BARTHEL (GER) / Xenia KNOLL (SUI) [3] v Cornelia LISTER (SWE) / Renata VORACOVA (CZE)
Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS) / HAN Xinyun (CHN) [1] v Alison BAI (AUS) / Nicola GEUER (GER)
Not before 2:30pm
Elixane LECHEMIA (FRA) / Eva WACANNO (NED) v Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO) / Ena SHIBAHARA (JPN)

MATCH POINTS

Fiona Ferro has won her only previous match against Mihaela Buzarnescu. That came in an ITF event in Mamaia in 2016, when the Frenchwoman took a 6-0, 6-1 win.

Buzarnescu is the final seed standing in the lower half of the draw. Tatjana Maria

and were beaten by Allie Kiick and respectively.

The greatest shock of the event came in the first round as wildcard Simona Waltert

, WTA World No.562, edged past No.1 seed Julia Goerges as the German was forced to retire.

It was just Waltert's second victory over a Top 200 player - the other came against Thursday's opponent Jil Teichmann

, who she defeated in an ITF event in Lenzerheide in 2017, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-0.

Allie Kiick has a 1-0 career head-to-head record against Samantha Stosur. The pair met in a Cincinnati qualifier in 2018, with the American taking a 7-6(4), 6-1 win.

Anastasia Potapova

and have never faced each other.

WTA Staff