Favoritele numărul cinci s-au impus cu 6-2, 2-6, 10-4 în faţa surorilor cehe Karolina şi Kristyna Pliskova, într-o oră şi 16 minute, în care gemenele au făcut 7 duble greşeli.
În optimi, Niculescu şi partenera sa vor înfrunta cuplul Shuko Aoyama (Japonia)/Zhaoxuan Yang (China).
Cuplul româno-ceh şi-a asigurat un cec de 28.880 dolari şi 120 de puncte WTA.
Raluca Olaru şi ucraineanca Olga Savciuk au fost întrecute în manşa inaugurală de perechea Katerina Bondarenko (Ucraina)/Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia), cu 6-4, 4-6, 10-6. Olaru şi Savciuk au condus cu 4-2 în primul set, pierdut apoi cu 4-6.
Perechile învinse în prima rundă vor fi recompensate cu câte un 15.460 dolari şi 10 puncte WTA.
La dublu va evolua şi Mihaela Buzărnescu, alături de franţuzoaica Alize Cornet, contra perechii cehe Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova, cap de serie numărul şase.
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