Samsonova downs Jacquemot 7-6 6-2 in Guadalajara last 32

Liudmila Samsonova needed a tiebreak to settle the opening set, then pulled clear to beat Elsa Jacquemot 7-6 6-2 in the Guadalajara round of 32. The margin came on second serve: Samsonova won 54.3 percent of those points to Jacquemot's 39.4, a gap that told once the first set slipped away from the Frenchwoman. Jacquemot struck six aces to two, but she paired them with eight double faults and landed only 50.7 percent of first serves. Samsonova was hardly flawless either, five double faults and 55.1 percent first serves in, yet 65.1 percent behind her first delivery kept her steady. A straightforward passage into the next round.