Storm Hunter vs Joanna Garland — R32 — Singapore Tennis Open

Qualifier Joanna Garland, ranked WTA No. 168, opened the Singapore Tennis Open with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win over Australian wild card Storm Hunter in the round of 32, a match that ran two hours and nine minutes. Seven ranking places separated them, and the betting market had made Garland a narrow favorite at 55 percent. The points stayed close to even. Garland won 89 of the 174, but 16 of the 27 games. She broke Hunter in the second game and twice more to take the opening set. The second changed hands repeatedly: Hunter broke for 3-1, Garland broke back in game 5 and again in game 7 for 4-3, then Hunter broke straight back for 4-4 and closed it out 7-5. Hunter got none of that back in the third. Garland broke in the first game and again in game 5 for 4-1, winning 75 percent of her first-serve points in the set to Hunter's 43. Across the match Garland won 46 percent of her return games, Hunter 29. Hunter, 32, started the season at WTA No. 426 and has climbed to a season peak of WTA No. 169. Garland goes through to the round of 16.