Antonia Ruzic vs Petra Marcinko — R32 — Eastbourne International

Two tiebreaks, 28 double faults between them, and five match points that came and went before Petra Marcinko finally broke clear of Antonia Ruzic 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(7) in their first grass meeting. The match split exactly even — 131 points to 129 — so the margin lived on the second serve, where Marcinko won 46% to Ruzic's 35%, an 11-point gap across more than 100 second-ball points. The third set was pure trench warfare: six straight breaks from game five before the deciding tiebreak, where Marcinko converted just 3 of 14 break chances yet survived the swings. The win snaps a four-match losing run for the Croatian dating to her Lalla Meryem title in May.