Rebeka Masarova had a bye in the second round

The Spanish Rebecca Masarova he can’t speak slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and a bye to the US Open in the second round.

Masarova, who on Monday gave one of the bells of the tournament by eliminating the Greek Maria Sakkari (8), was unable to sustain that great success and lost 7-6(0) and 6-2 in one hour and 35 minutes.

Aged 24 this month and born in Switzerland, Masarova equaled her best result at a ‘grand slam’ this US Open after the second round she also reached at Wimbledon this year and at the ‘big’ in New York in 2021 .

Daughter of a Slovak and polyglot (she speaks five languages ​​”and a little French”, according to her words), Masarova warned on Monday that Schmiedlova “is a tennis player who fights every point , which was present throughout the game.” and pointed out that it was a “very difficult” duel.

The Slovakian beat him in Bastad (2022) and this afternoon he did not disappoint as the Spaniard went 2-4 after breaking his serve in the first set.

Schmiedlova reacted, breaking Masarova’s serve and with two set points returned which the Spaniard first saved with a good serve and then forced an error from her rival.

In the ‘tiebreak’, Masarova he was involved in several misses at the worst moments and handed the sleeve to the Slovakian.

The inertia of the ‘tiebreak’ drove Schmiedlova, who closed out the match in the second set after signing two ‘breaks’ and took advantage of Masarova’s 38 unforced errors throughout the match.

Masarova, playing in her fifth Grand Slam in the main draw of this US Open, played in the first WTA final of her career in January, when she competed for the Auckland title against the American. Coco Gauff, who was eventually crowned champion of that New Zealand tournament.