The current champion of the women’s tournament Mutua Madrid is openthe Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkathird favorite, said goodbye to Magic Box in their first fight after losing to the Americans Amanda Anisimova who entered the second round.
It took less than two hours for Sabalenka’s title defense to produce a reaction that didn’t end. (6-2, 3-6 and 6-4). In fact, in the third set he recovered from a 4-1 deficit, leveled to four, but the Florida tennis player rallied and got the win.
Amanda Anisimova, who opened her history in Bogotá in 2019 and conquered Melbourne last year, has reaffirmed her status as the ‘black beast’ of the world’s fourth tennis player. Sabalenka was never able to defeat Anisimova, where he lost at the Australian Open and at Roland Garros in 2019 and in 2022 also at the Charleston tournament, on the ground as well.
A step backwards for Sabalenka who last Sunday failed to win the Stuttgart tournament in his first final of the season.
Anisimova will face Croatian in the second round Petra Martinimposed on Russian Lyudmila Samsonova of 7-6 (8) and 6-1.
This was not the only surprise of the session. At the same time, the fifth favorite of the tournament, the Czech Karolina Pliskovawas removed by the Czech Marie Bouzkova by 6-4 and 7-5.
Last year’s Wimbledon finalist was stuck against Bouzkova, who will face the Ukrainian in the second round Dayana Yastremskawho advanced after the withdrawal of Belgian Greet Minnen in the match 6-3 and 0-2.
Source: La Verdad
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