Singapore Tennis Open 2026 Day 2: The Pieces Begin to Fall Out of Place

Singapore Tennis Open 2026 Day 2 began with a draw that had finally started taking shape. By the end of Tuesday, some of those pieces had already fallen out of place.

No. 2 seed Amanda Anisimova withdrew before playing a match. No. 8 Donna Vekic was swept aside by Wang Xinyu. Barbora Krejcikova came within two match points of elimination.

And somewhere in the reshuffling, Alexandra Eala became the highest remaining seed in the lower half of the draw — without yet striking a ball.

Day 1 introduced Singapore’s challengers.

Day 2 started rewriting the board.

Singapore Tennis Open 2026 Day 2 Results

Six first-round singles matches were completed Tuesday:

Oleksandra Oliynykova def. Vivian Wolff, 6–1, 7–6(1)
Alycia Parks def. Mei Yamaguchi (LL), 6–4, 6–3
Tatiana Prozorova def. Sofia Costoulas, 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–2
Wang Xinyu def. Donna Vekic (8), 6–1, 6–2
Barbora Krejcikova def. Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q), 6–0, 5–7, 7–6(4)
Maria Sakkari (7) def. Linda Fruhvirtova, 6–4, 6–1

In doubles, Kristina Mladenovic and Alexandra Panova defeated Ingrid Neel and Giuliana Olmos 4–6, 6–4, [10–8], while top seeds Storm Hunter and Desirae Krawczyk beat Makoto Ninomiya and Nika Radisic 7–6(3), 7–6(4).

But the result that changed the tournament most never appeared on a scoreboard.

Anisimova Leaves a Hole in the Draw

Amanda Anisimova, Singapore’s No. 2 seed, withdrew with a left-wrist injury before playing her opening match.

Her departure matters beyond losing another contender.

Anisimova had received a first-round bye. Lucky loser Viktoria Morvayova, who had already lost to Joanna Garland in the final round of qualifying, now takes Anisimova’s position — including the bye — and moves directly into the second round against Talia Gibson.

It is one of tennis’s stranger elevators.

Morvayova lost in qualifying.

Now she is in the second round.

More importantly for the tournament’s original hierarchy, Anisimova is the second major name to disappear after Jessica Pegula’s pre-tournament withdrawal.

That leaves No. 3 seed Alexandra Eala as the highest remaining seed in the lower half of the draw.

That does not make Eala the tournament’s No. 2 seed. Nor does it make her path easy.

It gives her an opportunity on paper.

She still has to take it on court.

Prozorova Earns Her Meeting With Eala

And now Eala knows who will be standing across the net.

Tatiana Prozorova defeated Sofia Costoulas 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–2 to earn the second-round meeting with the third seed.

Prozorova did not arrive there quietly.

She had to recover from losing the opening set and survive a long three-set contest before finally pulling away in the decider.

So Wednesday’s Eala storyline is no longer hypothetical.

Singapore’s draw may have opened around her, but her first assignment has earned her place on the other side of the net.

Wang Removes One of Eala’s Projected Threats

Donna Vekic had entered Singapore as the No. 8 seed and a projected quarterfinal opponent for Eala.

Wang Xinyu changed that quickly.

Wang defeated Vekic 6–1, 6–2, turning what could have been a close seeded upset into one of Day 2’s most decisive results.

Vekic’s thread in Singapore is finished.

Wang now occupies that branch of the draw.

Once again, the projected path drawn before the tournament no longer looks quite the same.

Watch: Vekic vs Wang highlights

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Krejcikova Refuses to Leave

If Anisimova’s withdrawal was Day 2’s biggest draw-changing development, Barbora Krejcikova produced its best survival story.

She opened against qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam with a 6–0 set.

Then the match turned.

Friedsam took the second set 7–5 and pushed Krejcikova all the way to the edge in the third. Krejcikova saved two match points before surviving 6–0, 5–7, 7–6(4).

Her reward is hardly a comfortable one.

Next comes defending Singapore champion Elise Mertens.

One player is trying to defend the crown she won here last year.

The other has already had to save her tournament once.

Watch: Krejcikova vs Friedsam highlights

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Fernandez Gets Parks, Chwalinska Gets Oliynykova

Two more Day 1 stories also received their next opponents.

Alycia Parks defeated lucky loser Mei Yamaguchi 6–4, 6–3, setting up a second-round meeting with No. 6 seed Leylah Fernandez.

Oleksandra Oliynykova beat Vivian Wolff 6–1, 7–6(1) and will next face No. 5 Maja Chwalinska.

That means both of Monday’s developing stories move forward.

Fernandez remains alive in the opposite half from Eala.

Chwalinska, after producing Day 1’s remarkable backspinning return, now gets the chance to turn one memorable Singapore moment into something more substantial.

Day 2 Rewrote the Board

Before Singapore began, the tournament appeared to have a new hierarchy.

Pegula’s withdrawal helped create it.

Day 1 began filling in the spaces around it.

Then Day 2 disrupted it again.

Anisimova is gone. Vekic is gone. A lucky loser who had already lost in qualifying is suddenly in Round 2. Krejcikova survived two match points. And Eala has moved into a more prominent position in the lower half without playing a point.

But that last distinction matters.

Draw position is opportunity. It isn’t victory.

On Day 3, the tournament’s four highest remaining seeds begin answering these developments on court.

Mirra Andreeva faces Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

Mertens gets Krejcikova.

Fernandez meets Parks.

Chwalinska faces Oliynykova.

And Eala finally steps onto the Singapore court against Prozorova.

Day 1 put the challengers into place.

Day 2 knocked pieces out of it.

Day 3 is where the hierarchy finally has to play.