Karolina Pliskova comes through tough test at Aegon Open

06 June 2016 06:23

Top seed Karolina Pliskova had to battle back from a set down to beat Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of the Aegon Open in Nottingham.

The Czech bounced back from losing a first-set tie-break to win 6-7 (5/7) 6-0 6-2 in sweltering conditions to set up a meeting with America's Anna Tatishvili.

Tatishvili beat Kristyna Pliskova 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to rule out the chance of a family affair in the second round.

Johanna Konta celebrated entering the world's top 20 in style as she blitzed American Victoria Duval 6-3 6-0.

Konta moved up to 18th in the latest WTA rankings, becoming the first British woman to enter the top 20 since Jo Durie in 1983 following a superb 12 months.

And she looked every bit the part in sweltering conditions in Nottingham as she dropped just three games in a straight-sets win over world number 580 Duval.

American Christina McHale saw off Magda Linette 6-1 6-4 while Anett Kontaveit beat Lauren Davis 6-3 6-1 and China's Saisai Zheng beat Britain's Freya Christie 6-4 6-2.

Source: PA