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No. 3 seed Sloane Stephens and James Blake survived three-set fights in their opening matches at the Citi Open on Monday. Fellow Americans Melanie Oudin and Brian Baker weren't so fortunate.
Stephens defeated Sesil Karatantcheva 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, while Blake rallied from a set down for only his second tour win of the year, advancing to the second round with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over No. 5 seed Pablo Andujar.
Up an early break in both the first and third sets, Oudin fell 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) to Aravane Rezai. Baker, who made a surprising run to the round of 16 at Wimbledon in June, couldn't capitalize on a good start in losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Florent Serra.
Stephens defeated Sesil Karatantcheva 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, while Blake rallied from a set down for only his second tour win of the year, advancing to the second round with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over No. 5 seed Pablo Andujar.
Up an early break in both the first and third sets, Oudin fell 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) to Aravane Rezai. Baker, who made a surprising run to the round of 16 at Wimbledon in June, couldn't capitalize on a good start in losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Florent Serra.
