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Former US Open champion Stephens into Brisbane second round

Sloane Stephens beat Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 6-3 in the Brisbane International.

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Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens battled into the second round of the season-opening Brisbane International with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 win over Katerina Siniakova on Sunday.

Stephens, who reached a career-best ranking of three in 2018, broke her Czech opponent once in each set to book a second-round clash against 13th seeded Belgian Elise Mertens.

In other first-round matches, there were wins for Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk over Romanian Ana Bogdan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Italian Camila Giorgi, who beat American Peyton Stearns 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

Australian wildcard Arina Rodionova upset higher-ranked Italian Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-2, while Anna Kalinskaya downed American Bernarda Pera 6-2, 6-1.

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Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat countrywoman Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-3.

Former world number one Naomi Osaka begins her comeback on Monday when she plays Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch.

Only two matches were played in the men’s draw, with Alexei Popyrin winning an all-Australian clash against Chris O’Connell 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4).

Alexander Shevchenko beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-2.

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