After Cincinnati, Barbora Krejčíková did not succeed in the next preparatory tournament before the US Open in Cleveland. The second-seeded Czech tennis player was surprisingly eliminated in the 1st round today after losing 4:6, 1:6 to Denmark’s Clara Tauson. Linda Fruhvirtová and Kateřina Siniaková also dropped out.
World number 12 Krejčíková is still waiting for her first win since the beginning of July, when she had to withdraw from the Wimbledon second round match against Russian Mirra Andrejeva due to an ankle injury.
Because of this, she missed the tournament in Prague and returned to the courts only last week.
In Cincinnati, the previous year’s Roland Garros winner lost in the 1st round to former world number one Viktoria Azarenkova from Belarus.
At the next tournament in Ohio in Cleveland today, she was not good enough for the 90th ranked player Tauson. She didn’t even succeed in the qualification, but went to the main competition as a “lucky loser”.
Favored Krejčíková led 4:2 in the first set after a successful break, but since then she has played only one game…
Not even world number one in doubles Siniakov hasn’t won since Wimbledon, and she already has five defeats in a row.
In the second set of the match against Sorribes, she took time for treatment, and although she tried to continue after that, she gave up the duel shortly after at the score of 2:6, 0:4.
Eighteen-year-old Fruhvirtová did not end her long unsuccessful streak either, as world number seven and tournament number one Caroline Garcia inflicted her sixth defeat in a row with a score of 3:6, 2:6. The talented Czech tennis player last won two months ago in the qualification in Eastbourne.
The tournament in Cleveland will therefore continue without the Czech participation in the singles match, Linda Nosková was already eliminated in the first round on Sunday. The US Open starts in a week.
Cleveland Women’s Tennis Tournament (hard court, $271,363 endowment):
Singles – 1st round: Tausonová (Den.) – Krejčíková (2-CR) 6:4, 6:1, Garcia (1-Fr.) – L. Fruhvirtová (Czech Republic) 6:3, 6:2, Sorribesová (Sp.) – Siniakova (Czech Republic) 6:2, 4:0 scratch, Paoliniová (11-It.) – Frechová (Pol.) 6:1, 6:3, Stearnsová (USA) – Trevisanová (It.) 6:1, 4:5 scratch, Grabherová (Austria) – Wang Si-yü (China) 6:3, 6:4, Sasnovičová (Belarus) – Navarro (USA) 3:6, 6:4, 7:5, Wang Sin-yü ( China) – Burelová (Fr.) 7:6 (7:5), 4:6, 7:5.
2023-08-21 19:33:53
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