Anastasia Potapova was down match point in the second-set tiebreak, but fought back for a 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-3 victory over Clara Tauson in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Monday.

That said, she will have to up her rally tolerance to stay in baseline exchanges with a player of her opponent's pedigree. Potapova also possesses an attacking game, which relies on her fast ...

Top-seeded Svitolina earlier said she wouldn't play against Potapova in Mexico or against any Russian or Belarusian opponents until the International Tennis Federation and the men's and women's ...