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WTA roundup: Anna-Lena Friedsam upsets Emma Raducanu in Slovenia

Reuters
Emma Raducanu was the top seed in Slovenia
Emma Raducanu was the top seed in SloveniaReuters
German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam (28) saved nine of 15 break points while posting a 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 upset of top-seeded Emma Raducanu (19) in the second round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz in Slovenia.

Friedsam won the final three games of the third set to finish off the upset of the 2021 US Open champion. Raducanu saved just two of seven break points while losing to a player ranked number 95 in the world.

In other matches, France's Diane Perry (20) beat Russian Anastasia Potapova (21) 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Czech Katerina Siniakova (26) beat Brit Jodie Burrage (23) 7-5, 6-1, and Italy's Jasmine Paolini (26) edged Slovenia's Kaja Juvan (21) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Chennai Open

Nadia Podoroska (25) of Argentina saved six of eight break points while outlasting Germany's Tatjana Maria (35) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) in second-round play in India.

The fourth-seeded Maria held a 4-0 lead in the third-set tiebreaker. But Podoroska won six of the next seven points to take the lead en route to winning the match.

In other matches, second-seeded Russian Varvara Gracheva (22) swept Canada's Carol Zhao (27) 6-1, 7-5; third-seeded Magda Linette of Poland was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Russian Oksana Selekhmeteva (19), and Katie Swan (23) of Great Britain beat Russian Anastasia Gasanova (23) 7-6 (5), 6-2.