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Jul 20, 2016
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Riske, Bellis upset seeded opponents in first round of Bank of the West Classic

Top seeds fall in first round of Bank of the West Classic

Published Jul 20, 2016

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Alison Riske and 17-year old wildcard CiCi Bellis each upset a ranked opponent on Tuesday in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.

Bellis was down 4-1 in the second set but rallied to beat sixth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-4. It was the first Women's Tennis Association win of the year for Bellis.

Riske came back after losing the first set by four games to defeat No. 8 seed Varvara Lepchenko 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Riske won five straight games in the second set and the first three points of the third-set tiebreaker. Lepchenko was a BOTW semifinalist the past two years.

Julia Boserup, Urszula Radwanska and Magda Linette won afternoon matches and each will face an opponent with a first-round bye. Boserup and Linette both rallied after losing their first sets 6-2. Boserup, a wildcard, plays No. 3 seed Johanna Konta, Radwanska goes against second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova and Linette faces top-seed Venus Williams.