Jasmine Paolini, winning debut in a'hour in Stuttgart

Decidedly convincing debut for Jasmine Paolini in the “Porsche Tennis Grand Prix” (WTA 500 – prize money $925,661) being played on the indoor clay court of the “Porsche Arena” in Stuttgart, Germany.

The 29-year-old from Bagni di Lucca, No. 6 in the ranking and fifth seeded favorite, accompanied a by new coach Marc Lopez, beat German Eva Lys, No. 68 WTA, in the first round 6-2 6-1, in just 64 minutes of play.

The Tuscan tennis player had won in two sets in her only previous match with the 23-year-old of Ukrainian origin (she was born in Kiev), played last February in the second round on Dubai’s concrete

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Thursday in the second round (round of 16) Paolini, drawn at the top of the draw – that of Sabalenka and Gauff -, finds in the round of 16 another German player, Jule Niemeier, No. 121 ranking, competing thanks to a wild card, who won the marathon match against Laura Siegemund, No. 95 WTA (winner in Stuttgart in 2017 after also reaching the final in 2016), also in the draw with a wild card. The Italian won both previous challenges – rather hard-fought – with the 25-year-old from Dortmund, played in the first round in Parma and in the quarterfinals in Cluj Napoca also in 2022.