Alycia Parks vs Petra Marcinko — R32 — Monterrey Open

Six double faults in the opening set and not a single break point earned: the first-strike blueprint was failing at both ends. The serve arrived late. Parks cut the double faults to one in the second while striking five aces, broke for 3-3 in game 6 and for 5-3 in game 8, then took 86 percent of her first-serve points in the decider. The 72nd-ranked Marcinko converted 5 of her 8 break points and finished ahead on total points, 92-88, and lost anyway. One escape came in game 10 — a match point saved — before Parks broke for 6-4, two hours three minutes in. That is her first win since the Canadian Open opener, and the wild card moves into the Monterrey Open round of 16.