Vekic and Yastremska are amongst these advancing within the Cymbiotika San Diego Open

Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska had been amongst these shifting into the second spherical of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Tuesday.

Vekic, a finalist right here in 2022, beat native wildcard Katherine Hui, 7-5, 6-2, in her WTA Tour singles debut. A Santa Fe Christian College graduate now enjoying on the collegiate stage at Stanford, Hui is the reigning US Open women’ singles titlist.

A primary-time main semifinalist final month on the Australian Open, Yastremska needed to dig deep in outlasting American Caroline Dolehide, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. The 23-year-old was up a set and a break solely to have her opponent pressure a decider. Yastremska overcame 9 double faults within the two-hour, eight-minute matchup.

German veteran Tatjana Maria, 36, superior when eighth seed Leylah Fernandez retired with a left shoulder damage trailing 0-4 within the second set. It marks the third consecutive 12 months the 21-year-old Canadian, a US Open finalist in 2021, has failed to succeed in the second spherical in San Diego.

Czech Katerina Siniakova, a doubles titlist right here final 12 months with countrywoman Barbora Krejcikova, beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-1, in a single hour and 13 minutes. Australian wild card Taylah Preston was a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 winner over Poland’s Magdalena Frech.