Another stop in preparation for the concrete US Open is Cincinnati, USA. However, the tennis players had to wait for their start, the program was postponed by about two hours. The Czech player Barbora Krejčíková did not give the Russian Darja Kasatkin a chance and in less than an hour and a quarter she won 6: 3 and 6: 2. Petra Kvitová will play from 20:55 against Madison Keys. You can watch both matches in detailed online reports on the sport.cz website.
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Olympic tennis doubles winner Barbora Krejčíková
Igor Zehl, ČTK
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Krejčíková experienced her single premiere against Kasatkin in Cincinnati and was not afraid of her debut at all. She entered the match with the winning service and immediately took her opponent from the other. In the fifth game, however, she got into trouble, when she offered Kasatkin three brawls in a row, but she got out of an awkward situation with a cold head. That was probably the key moment of the first set.
Since then, both players have played their own and Krejčíková finished the first set in 36 minutes to the winning end. She confirmed her well-being even at the beginning of the second set, when she immediately took the opponent’s serve. Then one more time and he took the lead 4: 0. Russia managed to maintain the service only in the fifth game.
But that didn’t have to make Krejčíková too sorry. After less than an hour and a quarter, she rejoiced in the victory 6: 3 and 6: 2 and advanced to the second round.
Petra Kvitová finished in Montreal in the round of 16 on the racket of the Italian Giorgio, who defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final. She has been worried about her ankle injury she caused at the French Open. She has won only two matches in the last four tournaments. She hasn’t been doing well in the Cincinnati tournament for a long time, will she break the curse against the American Keys today?
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