Tatiana Prozorova vs Sofia Costoulas — R32 — Singapore Tennis Open

Tatiana Prozorova lost the opening set and still won her Singapore Tennis Open opener, beating Sofia Costoulas in three sets over 2 hours and 51 minutes in the round of 32. Costoulas, the 21-year-old Belgian ranked WTA No. 150 at match time, had the better of the early serving. Four of her five aces came in the first set, where she won 73% of her first-serve points to Prozorova's 57%, and she broke in game 11 before closing out the set 7-5. The second followed similar lines, Costoulas breaking in game 3 and Prozorova breaking back in game 8 to level at 4-4, until Prozorova took the tiebreak for 7-6(2). The decider was more one-sided. Prozorova broke in the opening game and again in game 7 for 5-2, won 83% of her first-serve points in the set and faced no break point in it. Costoulas saved one match point. Across the match Prozorova won 61% of her second-serve points to Costoulas's 47%, and Costoulas finished with five double faults. Prozorova, 22 and ranked WTA No. 165 coming in, was a modest favorite with the betting market at 59%. Her peak this season is WTA No. 156; Costoulas has been as high as WTA No. 134 this season and reached the quarterfinals at January's ASB Classic. The two had no prior meetings on record. Prozorova moves into the round of 16.