Cristina Bucsa vs Anna Bondar — R32 — Monterrey Open

The eighth seed faced exactly one break point across nine service games and saved that one too, which is the short version of how Cristina Bucsa moved through the Monterrey Open. The breaks came early and kept arriving: game 1, then game 10 for the opening set, then game 3 for 2-1, against a qualifier landing half her first serves. Bondar never held a break point after the first set. Bucsa, who had lost three of her previous four, takes 1h 32m and a round of 16 place out of it.