the kazakh Elena Rybakinathe Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka They advanced to the first round of the tournament on Monday Dubai WTA 1,000which was played on a hard court, while the Russian Vernokina Kudermetova and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad-Maia were eliminated in the first place.
Elena Rybakinaninth favorite, beat Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-4 without too much difficulty and in the round of 16 she will meet Czech Marie Bouzkova.
He also passed his first exam in Dubai Victoria Azarenkafifteenth seeded and defeated the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in two sets, 6-3 and 7-5.
The Latvian also made it to the round of 32 Jelena Ostapenkothirteenth seed and champion of Roland Garros in 2017, in his case at the expense of Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska 6-1 and 6-4.
Two of the seeded women entering Monday’s match did not make it past the first round. The Russian Veronika Kudermetova (10), who fell to Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 5-7 and 7-5; and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (11), was eliminated by Romanian Sorana Cirtsea 6-4, 6-7 (7) and 7-5 in three hours and 29 minutes of intense match.
Sorana Cirstea she saved two match points in the second set to win the longest match on the WTA circuit so far this year. The Romanian is currently dating the Czech Karolina Muchova.
The match between Kalinina and Kudrmetiva also went over three hours (3:03) and was the Ukrainian’s second win over a top-20 player in 2023 (she beat Czech Petra Kvitova at the Australian Open) and the sixth in his career. .
Kalinina will play in the second round against a player from her predecessor and compatriot Dayana Yastremska, who on Sunday stunned French Alizé Cornet 6-2, 6-3.
The Spanish Rebecca Masarova93 in the world, made her debut on Monday with a defeat against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (43) by 2-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in two and a quarter hours, in what was the first confrontation between the two.
This Tuesday the first two favorites, the Polish Iga Swiatek and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkawho will debut respectively against the Canadian Leylah Fernández and the American Lauren Davis.
Source: La Verdad
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