Victory and defeat for Austria’s tennis women at the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami: Lilli Tagger defeated the German lucky loser Ella Seidel 6:7 (8), 6:4, 7:5 after 2:48 hours on Thursday and is now in the second round, as in Indian Wells. Before that, qualifier Sinja Kraus had lost her debut at this level against the American Alycia Parks after 105 minutes 5:7, 6:7 (4). Tagger will now face Russian Jekaterina Alexandrova, seeded number 11.
