Patty Schnyder gets first win in 8 years

Jul 18, 2017 - 8:38 PM Veteran Patty Schnyder claimed her first WTA main draw win in over five years with a first-round victory against fellow Swiss Amra Sadikovic at the Ladies Championship in Gstaad.

The 38-year-old former world No.7, who had retired in mid-2011 before starting to play ITF Challenger tournaments in 2015, came through 6-4 6-7 (9-7) 7-6 (8-6) after being handed a wildcard entry.

She has booked herself a second round match with German qualifier Antonia Loittner.

Top seed Caroline Garcia saw off Elitsa Kostova 7-5 6-1 but defending champion Viktorija Golubic, the seventh seeded Swiss, went down 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-5) against Antonia Lottner.

Third seed Anett Kontaveit beat Italian Martina Trevisan 6-1 6-3, while fifth seed Johanna Larsson saw off Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 6-4.

Sara Sorribes Tormo ended the hopes of Russian number eight seed Evgeniya Rodina, who was beaten 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Also through to the second round are Tamara Korpatsch, Barbara Haas and Tereza Martincova.

Source: AAP