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Elementary for Watson as Brit stuns Putintseva

Kalinskaya and Maria also win in Hua Hin

Heather Watson plays against Yulia Putintseva in the first round of the Thailand Open in Hua Hin yesterday.

Britain’s Heather Watson stunned second seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the first round of the WTA International Series Thailand Open 2023 in Hua Hin yesterday.

World No.160 Watson came from behind to beat No.44 Putintseva 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) at True Arena Hua Hin Sports Club.

Japanese world No.139 Nao Hibino sealed a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 victory against No.230 Valeria Savinykh of Russia to reach the last 16 round of the US$250,000 tournament.

Sixth seed Tatjana Maria of Germany also had a light workout as the world No.63 defeated Alexandra Eala…

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