Bank of the West Classic 2015: Monday Tennis Scores, Results and Draw Schedule

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Published: August 4, 2015

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Some of the best women's tennis players in the world have descended upon Stanford, California, for the 2015 Bank of the West Classic. This tournament is a great opportunity for players to build much-needed momentum on the road to the 2015 U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 31.

The first round of the Bank of the West Classic officially began Monday with six matches starting in the morning and running well into the night, with Madison Keys and Andrea Petkovic among the more notable participants.

Here's a look at how the action unfolded and what's in store for Tuesday.

 

Monday Results

 

Tuesday Schedule

 

Monday Recap The last time tennis fans saw Keys, she fell to Agnieszka Radwanska in the Wimbledon quarterfinals; that was roughly a month ago.

The 20-year-old showed little rust in her return, beating Aleksandra Krunic in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. This WTA Insider tweet highlights just how dominant Keys was in the second set:



A big reason the seventh-seeded Keys had so much success was her decided advantage on serve. She completed a somewhat unspectacular 26 of her 48 first-service attempts. But in those 26 times in which her first serve landed in, Keys won 24 of the points.

In total, Krunic won a paltry 12 of her 48 return points.

It's going to be tough to win a match when you're accomplishing so little with your returns. Making matters worse for Krunic, she was just 7-of-19 on second serve.

In the end, it was an easy victory for Keys.

Another American, CiCi Bellis, wasn't quite so lucky. The 16-year-old Bellis pushed Misaki Doi to a tiebreaker in the second set, but she couldn't extend the match and fell 3-6, 6-7(3).

"She’s obviously a really good player, and I thought I gave her a good fight in the second," said Bellis of her opponent, per Bruce Jenkins of th...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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