Following early exits in Madrid and Rome, Vinci arrived in Germany in need of time on court ahead of next week's French Open. And she got just that against Krejcikova, battling to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory in a fraction over two hours.
Goerges is based in Regensburg, an hour south of Nürnberg, but to the dismay of the crowd Bertens had not read the script, holding her nerve to win, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4).