Doiová – Bouzková 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3, Clijsters’ return did not work out, she finished in the first round. Bouzková did not succeed either

Bouzková, who is in 91st place in the rankings, entered the match with the player from the second hundred worse and lost the first set after three lost passes. The balanced second set had to be decided only by a tie-break, which the Czech Republic won with luck.

In the decisive set, Bouzková managed to equalize from 0: 3 to 3: 3, but another lost service after a double mistake in the eighth game became fatal for her. Subsequently, although she developed two breaks, but did not use them, and the Japanese ended the long match with the second transformed match ball.

Clijsters ends

Former world number one Clijsters lost to Sie Shu-wei from Taiwan after almost two and a half hours 3: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6. This was the first match since last year’s US Open for the 38-year-old Belgian woman who received a wild card from the organizers.

After him, the four-time Grand Slam winner underwent knee surgery in October, and in January, her sports plans were thwarted by coronavirus infection. In March, Clijsters was to play in Charleston and Miami, but withdrew because she did not yet feel fit.

Clijsters, who is raising three children, returned to tennis last year after a seven-year hiatus and lost all three matches she played. She had previously finished in 2007, but returned from her maternity leave to win three of her four grand slams. He has a total of 41 titles on his account.

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