Barbora Strýcová she returned to the courts at the end of April after a maternity break and in recent weeks she has been playing her first competitive matches since the Australian Open 2021. In Madrid she was knocked out in the opening round, but in Rome it was against Maryna Zaněvská she registered her first singles win since September 2020.
In this year’s farewell tour, as expected, she also included her most successful venture of the big four. She is starting at Wimbledon for the first time since 2019, when she advanced to the semifinals and improved her maximum at the majors in singles and together with Su-Wei Hsieh captured the only Grand Slam title to date. In addition, she was in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slams only on the London court, twice.
Statistics of the match Strýcová – Zaněvská
She dominated against the Ukrainian native until the state 6:1, 2:3. After that, she lost her serve for the first and last time in the match and had her right leg treated at 2:5. In the next game, she deflected a set ball and then she was unstoppable, ending the match with a streak of five won games and needing only one hour and 23 minutes to advance.
The former world number 16 and one-time leader of the doubles rankings is playing her fifth tournament after the break, the first Grand Slam, and the second time she has passed the opening round. In Wimbledon, where she is starting for the seventeenth time, she succeeded in this for the fifth time in a row.
“After the match, I had tears in my eyes. I didn’t know what to do. It was very emotional. Then I couldn’t take it anymore and started crying under the towel. It wasn’t a complete vow on the outside! But inside it was an absolute vow,” she told reporters Uncle. “I’m very happy that I got up from 2:5. I played passively, short and slow. My finger hurts when I slipped. Then I won her serve, which kicked me and she went down terribly. I’m sorry it matters. It’s my last Wimbledon. I want it to be nice and turn out well,” she added.
For the first two-game winning streak since the aforementioned campaign at the All England Club four years ago, she will face seeded Magdou Linetteovou (h2h 0:0). The Polish semi-finalist of this year’s Australian Open managed smoothly 6:3, 6:2 with the Swiss Jil Teichmannová.
The first match winner of #Wimbledon 2023 in the Ladies’ Singles ✅
Barbora Strycova makes it into the second round, her first appearance at The Championships since reaching the semi-finals in 2019 pic.twitter.com/Bjjcan6DCa
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2023
Former French Open finalist Markéta Vondroušová two weeks ago in Berlin, she won back-to-back matches on the WTA grass court for the first time, and has now claimed only her second win at Wimbledon, where she missed last year due to wrist surgery.
To the match with Peyton Stearnsovou she entered with a win in the first four games and even though she didn’t use two set points at 5:1, she didn’t let the first set get more complicated. In the second act, she sweated much more, from 5:3 she chose a weaker moment and faced two gameballs at 5:5 and 15:40. But she did not let the hopefully played duel slip through her fingers, won the last six fifteens and won over the American 6:2, 7:5.
“Before the grass part of the season, I said to myself that I want to break it. I started to approach it with a more open mind. I’m glad that I did well at the tournament in Berlin, and every match here is great for me. I think that you have to lose a little with that. I’ve already played a few tournaments on grass, so I think it’s getting better,” noted Vondroušová.
To overcome the maximum in the All England Club, the 24-year-old native of Sokolov will play against the twelfth-seeded Veronika Kuděrmetová, whom she beat this year in Miami and has an even balance with her 1:1.
Kateřina Siniaková last week in Bad Homburg, Germany, she broke a streak of four defeats and a three-month long wait for a win, finally walking to her first triumph on grass. And just two days later in London, she managed to enter Wimbledon.
In addition, the 27-year-old native of Hradec Králové coped with the seed Qinwen Zheng. She defeated the Chinese 6:3, 7:5, despite losing her serve four times and averting only one break point, and her opponent lost all six sets on grass this year.
“The match was also very challenging due to the conditions. Today was not all about tennis. It was terribly windy, then the sun appeared and then the shadow appeared again. I can’t even say that I drew on the form I had last week. But I’m excited that I won,” said Siniaková.
Siniaková, now undefeated in six matches, will play the Ukrainian Lesja Curenková, with whom she loses 1:2 in the head-to-head record, to equalize the best result at the All England Club.
Marie Bouzková this year she is not dazzling in any form and she arrived at Wimbledon with a streak of four defeats, but she defended her quarter-final last year with a two-set victory. They will play the Swiss from the qualification Simon Waltert. she defeated 6:1, 6:4.
The 24-year-old Czech had a great match and was close to ending it at 6:1, 4:0 and 30:0. But the opponent started playing at risk and dramatized the match even more.
Bouzková, on the other hand, became nervous, lost her hitting confidence and dropped three match points on her serve at 5:2. The first after an unprepared rush to the net, the second after a double fault and the third after hitting the net. At 5:4, she even had to fend off a total of three break points, but she did not let her opponent back into the game.
“I have to say that I started well and kept that level almost until the end. But in the end, a few balls came together badly. Especially the first game, when I wanted to serve. Then my opponent played a few points well and I started to be passive. I’m glad, that I won it in the end. My serve held me up and that was the deciding factor in the end,” noted Bouzková.
In the second round, the seeded Czech will face Estonian Anett Kontaveitová, who is saying goodbye, or the Italian Lucrezia Stefaniová, another qualifier. Their duel was postponed until Tuesday.
Tereza Martincová she closed the TOP 40 ranking at the beginning of last season, but she has been struggling for over a year and is currently not even a member of the top 100. The native of Prague only managed to get past the opening round of the main competition on the highest circuit twice this season, in March in Miami she defeated Tamara Korpatschová and a few weeks ago in Birmingham she defeated Viktorija Tomovová.
She rose on her favorite grass. In Nottingham she lost narrowly to eventual finalist Jodie Burrage, in Birmingham she went from qualification to the second round and troubled Barbora Krejčíková, who fell only in the final, and in Eastbourne she had set points against eventual champion Madison Keys.
Statistics of the match Martincová – Podoroská
However, even the improved form was not enough for the first victory at the majors this year. In Wimbledon, where she reached her Grand Slam maximum in the form of the third round the year before last, she was not enough Nadia Podoroska and she did not follow up on the two-year-old victory over the Argentine in this venue.
At the same time, she had a well-played duel. After winning the opening set, she did not face a single break point in the following set. But she lost it in the tie-break and in the decisive act, from 2:3, she was only able to catch up on her opponent’s break lead in vain. Podoroská will challenge two-time semi-finalist and former world number one Viktoria Azarenkova in the second round.
First victory of the day for Argentine tennis in #Wimbledon @nadiapodoroska he beat Tereza Martincova 3/6, 7/6(5) and 6/4 in 2h27′ pic.twitter.com/PSXJ28VeT7
— Danny Miche (@dannymiche) July 3, 2023
Linda Fruhvirtová last September, she sensationally dominated the WTA event in Chennai, India, and at the beginning of this season she celebrated a Grand Slam breakthrough at the Australian Open, where she was only one set away from advancing to the quarterfinals. But after that, one of the most talented teenagers stagnated for a long time due to a large number of double faults and collected one defeat after another.
In the last month, however, she has overcome her serve problems and reached her first quarter-final in nine months, and her first on grass, at the Birmingham Grass Open. She could also participate in the main competition in Eastbourne, but eventually withdrew from the tournament as a lucky loser. On Monday, she completed participation in the main competitions of all four Grand Slams, but just like at the recent French Open, she was eliminated in the first round, this time after a scratch against Petra Martičová.
At the same time, Fruhvirtová could easily win in two sets and avoid an unpleasant health problem. However, she did not use the opening four break points in the first set, and her opponent then added the set on the second attempt. In the second act, the Czechs failed to serve for the first time, and in the end the tie-break was the deciding factor. In it, Fruhvirtová won three set points in a row, and before the last one, while catching up with the short, she slipped badly, grabbed her left knee and started crying. In addition, she gestured that her knees bent unnaturally.
Really kind of Petra Matric to check on Linda Fruhvirtova, who took a bad fall on set point #2 in that set 2 tiebreaker.
We’ll see if the older of the Fruhvirtova sisters will continue here. #wimbledon pic.twitter.com/sL6gdAkZDc
— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) July 3, 2023
After visiting a physiotherapist and taping her left leg, she converted the last set ball chance. However, in the decisive set, due to worse movement from the beginning, she fell behind and decided not to continue at 1:4 and 0:40.
The Croatian, who made it to the opening round of Wimbledon for the fifth time in her last six starts, three of which she reached the round of 16, will compete with France’s Diane Parry for her first appearance among the top 32 at the Grand Slams this year.
A total of 14 Czechs reached the main stage of this year’s Wimbledon. As part of Monday’s program, they will complete the first round Markéta Vondroušová, Kateřina Siniaková a Marie Bouzková. Two-time champion Petra Kvitová, Barbora Krejčíková, Karolína Muchová, former finalist Karolína Plíšková, Linda Nosková, Jiří Lehečka, Tomáš Macháč and Jiří Veselý will enter the tournament on Tuesday.
The article was originally published for Livesport News.
• WIMBLEDON •
London, Great Britain, grass, 44,700,000 pounds
Monday results (3/7/2023)
• Singles – 1st round •
Strycová (Czech Republic) – Zaněvská (Belg.) 6:1, 7:5
Vondrousová (Czech Republic) – Stearns (USA) 6:2, 7:5
Bouzková (32-CZ) – Waltertová (Switzerland) 6:1, 6:4
Siniaková (Czech Republic) – Qinwen Zheng (24-China) 6:3, 7:5 Martičová (30-Croatia) – L. Fruhvirtová (Czech Republic) 7:5, 6:7 (5:7), 4:1 / scratch
Podoroska (Arg.) – Martincová (Czech Republic) 3:6, 7:6 (7:5), 6:4 Šwiateková (1-Pol.) – Lin Zhu (China) 6:1, 6:3 Pegula (4-USA) – Davis (USA) 6:2 , 6:7 (8:10), 6:3 Kenin (USA) – Gauff (7-USA) 6:4, 4:6, 6:2 Kasatkin (11) – Dolehide (USA) 6:1, 6: 4 Kuděrmetová (12) – Kanepiová (Est.) 7:6 (7:4), 6:4 Bencicová (14-Switzerland) – Swanová (Brit.) 7:5, 6:2 Bogdanová (Romania) – Samsonová (15) 7:6 (7:1), 7:6 (7:4) Azarenkova (19-) – Yue Yuan (China) 6:4, 5:7, 6:4 Mertensová (28-Belg.) – Hrunčáková (SR) 7:6 (7:2), 6:2 Masárová (Sp.) – Šarífová (31-Egy.) 7:5, 3:6, 7:6 (10:6) Parksová (USA) – Friedsamová (Germany) 6:4, 6:3 Bucsaová (Sp.) – Rachimová (-) 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 (11:9) Parryová (Fr.) – Dartová (Brit.) 6 :7 (4:7), 6:0, 6:4 Fernandez (Can.) – Baindl (Ukraine) 6:4, 4:6, 6:4 Burrage (Britain) – McNally (USA) 6:1 , 6:3 Xinyu Wang (China) – Hunter (Aust.) 6:3, 6:1 Sorribes (Sp.) – Trevisan (It.) 6:3, 6:1 Svitolina (Ukraine) – V. Williams ( USA) 6:4, 6:3
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