[6] Valentina Ivanov (NZL) v [16] Berta Passola (ESP)

Valentina Ivanov held to love to start her second round qualifying match against Berta Passola from Spain in the idyllic surroundings of San Rafael, on the north side of San Francisco Bay and not too far from Ivanov’s home base at the University of California’s Berkeley campus.  She lost her second game, though, but was…