Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep possess been among the many main-round winners at the Deplorable Homburg Start as Sabine Lisicki received a major-diagram WTA Tour match for the main time since 2018 after long hurt setbacks.
Defending champion Kerber completed a 6-2, 6-2 own over Anastasia Gasanova on Tuesday after being made to wait overnight when a rain-delayed time table forced the match to be suspended midway thru the main popularity on Monday.
Halep moved into the second round with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 own over Katerina Siniakova, used US Start winner Bianca Andreescu swept aside Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-1, and French Start semifinalist Daria Kasatkina saw off Jule Niemeier 6-1 3-6 6-1 of their second-round match.
Venerable Wimbledon finalist Lisicki has been plagued by repeated knee injuries and is enjoying with a wild card in Deplorable Homburg.
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She beat fellow German Tamara Korpatsch 6-4 7-6 (7-5) of their first-round contest for her first own in four years in a fats WTA Tour occasion.
Sixth-seeded American Amanda Anisimova received 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in opposition to Alison van Uytvanck to be triumphant in the second round.