Olympic champion Belinda Bencic had more problems than the world number one. The Swiss prevailed 3:6, 7:5, 6:2 in 2:27 playing time once morest Sorana Cirstea from Romania, who eliminated Laura Siegemund (Metzingen) in the first round.
Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-3.
There goes the bat! Niemeier unnerves Putintseva
