Former world No. 20 Daria Saville, 28, admitted she was feeling anxious before leaving Australia as she was low on confidence and she hadn’t been out of Australia in two and a half years. Saville, who underwent an Achilles surgery a year ago, achieved a notable result in Guadalajara as she made the quarterfinal before losing to eventual champion Sloane Stephens. At the Indian Wells Masters, Saville won two qualifying matches before beating Shuai Zhang and upsetting Ons Jabeur and Elise Mertens. “I was a bit nervous before this trip because I haven’t [traveled overseas] in two and a half years,” Saville told WTA Insider.”Because even when I came back the first time, I only played in Australia and then I had the surgery, so I didn’ …

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