The third Latvian women’s tennis racket Diāna Marcinkēviča On Wednesday, he failed in the first round of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tour Saint Malo W60 + H tournament in both singles and doubles, but the victory in the W15 series tournament was Robert Strombach.
Marcinkēviča, who ranks 263rd in the WTA rank, in the first round with 6-7 (0: 7), 5-7 gave way to the seventh number of the tournament from Argentina Nadja Podoroska (WTA 165).
In the first set in Taiwan, Marcinkēviča lost in all four games.
Marcinkēviča received one WTA ranking point for participation in the first round, but previously the athlete overcame the qualification, for which he earned five ranking points.
For both athletes, this was their first meeting on the tennis court.
The Latvian tennis player also participated in doubles competitions in this tournament. In his duet with Chilean Daniel Sehvel in the first set with 6-7 (1: 7) he gave way to the French Clare Bourel and Cloy Pake. Then the game was stopped.
Even after the resumption of the match in the second set, they had to make concessions, losing 6-7 (1: 7), 4-6 throughout the game.
For participating in the tournament, the tennis player earned one world ranking point.
Strombach, who ranks 675th in the ATP rankings, defeated Stefan Kozlova (ATP 387th) from the USA with 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Sintra M15 series tournament in Portugal.
In the second round, he will meet with Gastau Elias (ATP 531), the owner of the special invitation, who defeated the Swiss Antoine Belje (ATP 543) 6-2, 6-2 in the first round.
Strombach previously won three qualifying rounds in this tournament.
It has already been reported that in the first round of the doubles tournament, Strombach paired with Monaco tennis player Lyca Katarina 6-3, 6-7 (1: 7), 7:10 to lose to Spaniards Alberto Campos-Barroso and Benjamin Lopez-Winter, who finished third in the tournament.
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