The passage of the Spanish Rebecca Masarova for the main draw of the tournament Berlin It lasted only one hour and eighteen minutes, the time that the Czech Marketa Vondrousovathe reigning Wimbledon champion and fifth seed, was slow to progress to the second round.
The third loss in as many matches for Masarova, who came into the clash from the qualification stage, was by 6-4 and 6-3. The Spaniard, one hundred in the WTA ranking, never worried the Sokolov player, sixth in the world and a specialist on this surface, as evidenced in 2023 in the victory in London, at the All England Club, the biggest success of his career.
Vondrousova, who added to her victory at Wimbledon in Biel, in 2017, stood at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where she was a finalist, silver medalist, as well as at Roland Garros in the same year. She will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya in the second round, who came back against Japanese Nao Hibino 2-6, 6-4 and 6-2.
Furthermore, on this first day, the Turkish player improved Zeynep Sonmez against the blonde Arantxa Rus (3-6, 6-2 and 6-1) which awaits the winner of the duel between the Greek Maria Sakkari, seventh seed, and the former world number one, the Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka.
The Russian Daria Kasatkina back to Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (4-6, 7-6(6) and 6-3) and will play in the second round with the second seed, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Source: La Verdad
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