Lulu Sun advances at WTA 1000 Montreal

Lulu Sun scored a straight set win in the first round of the Montreal WTA tournament PHOTOl OMNIUM BANQUE NATIONALE

New Zealand's Lulu Sun has won her first round match at the WTA 1000 Montreal tournament in Canada, defeating two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist Sorana Cirstea 6-3 7-5.

It is Sun’s first win on the Tour since defeating the then world No 16 Daria Kasatkina in Eastbourne, prior to Wimbledon.

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Sun currently ranked 97th was able to break her Romanian opponents serve twice in the opening set, while saved all four of the break points she had against her.

The second set was tighter, but looked to be going Cirstea’s way when she got a break to go up 4-5.

However, rather than serving out the set, Sun got the break back and went on a run to also win the next two games for the straight-set victory over Cirstea who is currently ranked 138 but has been as high as 21.

In the next round Sun will play Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova from the United States.

This will be Anisimova’s first match since she lost that final 6-0 6-0 to Iga Swiatek. It will be the first time Sun and Anisimiova have played a match against each other.

Meanwhile Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski are the second seeds in doubles at the tournament.