The eight-finalist Roland Garros Krejčíková played more varied and accurately, but the fighting Martincová resisted. In the first set, Krejčíková did not hold a break twice and delivered the set for the second time. Martincová then became tired from more demanding duels in qualifying and Krejčíková lost only one game in the second set.
“I also had worse gems, but I was still more or less leading and I’m glad I won. I tried to play my game,” Krejčíková told Czech television.
The 24-year-old tennis player will play for the quarterfinals with two-time Australian Open champion and this year’s US Open finalist Victoria Azarenkova from Belarus, who had the fourth free draw in the first round. “The match will be good for me, because Vika is a world player, one of the best, so it will be very difficult. We will see how I sleep on it and deal with it,” said Krejčíková.
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Plíšková (68th WTA), who plays with her left hand, surprised Sakkari at the restart of the season in August on clay in Palermo. On the hard surface in Ostrava, she could go 4: 2 in the first set, but she did not use breakball. Since then, the 23rd player in the world, Sakkari, has gained the upper hand and defeated Karolína Plíšková’s sister in an hour and 19 minutes.
The first tennis player to advance to the second round in singles was Estonian Anett Kontaveit. The eighth seed faced two match points in a duel with Russian Ekaterina Alexandrov, but in the end she won 4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6. Her next opponent will be Sara Sorribesová Tormová from Spain, who outclassed Polka Magda Linette 6: 1, 6: 3.
Uncle advances in the doubles, Muchová ends
Barbora Strýcová, who is in a couple with the American woman, has already had her Ostrava premiere in doubles She defeated Bethany Mattek-Sands Ludmila Kičenokovou s Chang Shui 7: 5, 6: 3.
“I haven’t played doubles for a long time, but I have a very positive feeling about it. We had great exchanges and it was clear that Bethanie specializes mainly in doubles,” said Uncle.
On the other hand, Karolína Muchová, alongside Viktoria Azarenková from Belarus, lost to Jelena Ostapenková – Věra Zvonarevová 6: 1, 4: 6 and 4:10 in a super tie-break. “At the beginning we liked it a lot, especially Vice, but a few balls were enough and it immediately went wrong. I made a lot of unnecessary mistakes in the ending, which is the most important,” Muchová admitted.
J&T Banka Ostrava Open 2020 is a Premier event and has replaced the Chinese venue in Zhengzhou in the revised WTA calendar. At the time of the ban on sports events in the Czech Republic due to measures against the spread of covid-19, the tournament was exempted and takes place without spectators.
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