the italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto the czech lost Barbora Strykova through 6-3 and 7-6(5) and it will be the first rival of the Spaniards Paula Badosa at the tennis tournament Madrid.
The transalpine, 50 in the WTA rankings, frustrated the return of Strykova, 37, who played in her first match since the 2021 Australian Open and the first since she became a mother in September. The 22-year-old player from Ancona will face Paula Badosa for the first time.
the German julie niemeiernumber 67 in the WTA ranking, opened the draw with a quick win, 6-4, 6-2, against Chinese Xinyu Wang (60).
That’s why the 23-year-old German achieved his first victory since February, when he reached the round of 16 in Linz (Austria), because he lost consecutively in the first round in Mérida and Monterrey (Mexico), Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston (United States) and last week in Stuttgart (Germany).
In Madrid she started on a better footing and will be able to prepare with more confidence for her next clash against one of the favorites, the Czech Petra Kvitova, tenth seed.
The Madrid tournament, in the ATP and WTA 1,000 categories, began this Monday at the Caja Mágica with the first matches of the women’s team. Seeded heads are not yet in action.
Two Romanians agreed in the second round, Ana Bogdan by defeating Hungarian Anna Bondar 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (2) and Sorana Cirstea by defeating the American Lauren Davis 6-3, 3-6 and 6-1. Cirstea will be the first rival of the world number two, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
the czech Karolina Muchova She defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-2 and extended her steady run to 2023. It took her eighty-one minutes to reach the second round of the Madrid tournament. Kontaveit, who became the second-ranked player in the world in August, returned to competition after withdrawing from Abu Dhabi in February.
your countryman Linda Fruhvritova left the American Katie Volynets with no options, whom she defeated 6-3, 7-5 and met the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, nineteenth favorite.
the canadian Rebecca Marino Chinese Lin zhu, thirty-nine in the world, surprised the top-ranked tennis player on the first day of the tournament in Madrid and prevailed 7-6 (1) and 6-4 and Belgian opponent Elise Mertens , twenty-fourth favorite.
Also, the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva she fulfilled her promise against American Claire Liu with a double 6-4 and will face French Caroline Garcia, fifth seed, in the second round.
the Belgian Maryna Zanevska She successfully completed the appointment against American Sofia Kenin 6-0 6-3 in 59 minutes and will face Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the fourteenth seed, in the second leg of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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