Plíšková won 6: 2, 7: 5 and in the second round she will face the second two Petra Martičová from Croatia, who defeated Russia Varzana Gračeva 7: 6, 6: 3. Krejčíková, who started on the wild card, secured a place in the next phase after the victory 6: 4, 6: 3. The number one, Halep, struggled unexpectedly, but defeated Hercog 6: 1, 1: 6 and 7: 6.
Kateřina Siniaková, who plays with Tamara Zidanšeková from Slovenia, can also expand the Czech series in the 2nd round. The match was interrupted after sets 3: 6 and 6: 3 due to darkness and will be completed on Wednesday.
Plíšková did not allow surprise
With the talented Fruhvirtová, the native of Louny started Monday’s finish much better than she had finished the day before. She entered the match at 3: 2 and won the first set with three games in a row. In the second she led 5: 3 and had a duo of matchmates at her disposal, but she could not change any of them and then lost her service. In the eleventh game, however, she picked up Fruhvirt’s serve again and ended the match for the second time.
“It is not easy to enter the tournament against a fifteen-year-old opponent. The pressure was on me, but I think I managed the match well,” said Plíšková in an interview with Czech Television, who also averted eight of the nine breakballs.
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Fruhvirt was not enough for the 69th player in the WTA rankings for the second time in two months, but she commented on the defeat with an overview. “It was an amazing experience. I’m very happy to be able to play in the main competition,” she recalled a wild card from the organizers.
Krejčíková used the wild card, Halep was worried
Successful deblist Krejčíková, the 118th tennis player in the world, succeeded in a duel with Tig in six of the ten games on the return tour, which decided the victory. He will play for the quarterfinals with his favorite Halep.
The world number two clearly dominated in the first set, but in the following they did not find a recipe for the technical game of the Slovenian opponent, who often helped herself with “shorts”. In the third set, however, she took advantage of the experience, and although she did not transform the six swordballs, she advanced.
“It was very difficult, but it’s always with Polona. It’s important to win the match after six months. I’m glad I came back with a win,” she said.
Uncle ends
Uncle started the match with Sorribes (84th WTA) great and led 5: 0 in the first set, but then the development turned around. “The beginning looked very promising, but it was just the beginning and then it didn’t work out. I’m sorry, but it happens,” said Czech. The Spaniard stopped spoiling and leveled, Uncle didn’t use two sets and lost the set in a tie-break.
In the second set she did not find a weapon on her opponent, she found herself on clay several times during a great effort to catch up with the ball, but she made a total of 37 mistakes and in the second set she only won one game. “I was mad at myself. I couldn’t play actively, then I tried to play carefully and it was like I played too short,” she said.
Shortly before entering the tournament, the Frenchwoman Fiona Ferroová, who won the first WTA Tour tournament in Palermo last week after a coronavirus break, gave up her participation in Prague.
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