Tuesday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was marked by the start of main-draw play and our photographer Jimmie48 captured most of the first-round action, as well as press conferences, off-court activities and some practice sessions.
As you could read in my Tuesday’s report, Daria Kasatkina eliminated Stuttgart debutante Elise Mertens, Anastasija Sevastova edged Jelena Ostapenko in an all-Latvian clash, 2017 champion Laura Siegemund comfortably defeated Lesia Tsurenko, Greet Minnen upset Dominika Cibulkova, sixth seed Kiki Bertens battled past Anna-Lena Friedsam, and Andrea Petkovic advanced to the second round with a straight-set victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo.