Suzan Lamens vs Carolina Alves — R32 — SP Open

Suzan Lamens' first win in nearly a year took three sets and 2 hours 14 minutes against Brazilian wild card Carolina Alves in the SP Open round of 32. The Dutch player had lost her previous six matches on record, her last victory a straight-sets win over Diana Shnaider at the Korea Open in September 2025. Alves, 30 and ranked WTA No. 314, broke twice for a 4-0 lead in the opening set. Lamens broke back in game 5 for 1-4 and again in game 7 for 2-5, but Alves broke twice more, the last of those in game 9 to take the set 6-3. The second set produced eight breaks of serve before Lamens took it 7-6(2). Alves did not reach a break point in the third set. After seven double faults across the first two sets, Lamens hit none in the third and won 93% of her first-serve points there, breaking in game 5 for 3-2 and in game 7 for 5-2. Over the match Lamens won 63% of her first-serve points to 47% for Alves, and she finished with 92 of the 169 points. The betting market had favored Lamens at 81%. She reaches the round of 16 at WTA No. 164, down from No. 97 at the start of the season.