Kenina (WTA 6), the winner of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, defeated Samsonova (WTA 125) in the first round with 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Samsonova performed three elusive services in this duel, but Kenina did not stand out with them. The Russian tennis player also made 11 double mistakes, while the American scored only four.
In the second round, the winner of the Australian Open Championship will meet with Romanian Anna Bogdan (WTA 93), who on Tuesday defeated Hungarian Timas Babosha (WTA 107) 6-4, 6-2.
The next round of the tournament was also reached by the German Laura Sīgemunda (66th), who won Kristīna Mladenovič from France with 7-5, 6-3 (44th).
This game ended for Mladenovich with a particularly pronounced aftertaste of bitterness, as in the first set the Frenchwoman was in the lead with 5-1, but the main referee in the decisive game in one of the episodes did not notice that the ball hit the cover twice.
Sīgemunda later won the game and Mladenović was deprived of three services in the continuation of the set.
The Frenchwoman later did not hesitate to criticize the judge’s decision, but stated that he did not blame the opponent for what had happened.
In the second round, Sīgemunda will meet with his compatriot Jūlija Gērges (41). The German tennis player with an 6-3, 6-7 (4: 7), 6-1 won the 19th American Ellison Rice (23rd).
Significantly, athletes from Great Britain will no longer be visible in the singles and men’s competitions in single-player tournaments, as Hetere Vatsone (56th) with 6-7 (4: 7), 4-6 conceded to Fiona Fero from France (49th).
In the second round, Fero will meet the 14th issue of the tournament from Kazakhstan Elīna Ribakina. On Tuesday, in the first round, Romanian Soran Kristja won 6-0, 6-3.
Meanwhile, Croatian tennis player Donna Vekiča (30th), who was awarded the 26th number, suffered an unexpected loss in the first round. She lost 3-6, 4-6 to Irina Maria Bara from Romania (142nd), who had previously overcome her qualification.
Another Croatian representative Petra Martiča (17th), who was awarded the 13th number, won Misaki Doja from Japan (80th) in a fierce battle with 7-6 (7: 2), 7-5, and Arina Sabalenka (12th) from Belarus. with 6-3, 6-1 convincingly beat Jessica Pegula from the USA (60th).
In the continuation of the “French Open”, Sabalenka will meet with Russian athlete Dary Kasatkin (71.), who beat his host Harmony Dan (235) with 6-2, 6-1. The loser of this duel participated in the tournament with a special invitation or “wild card” from the organizers.
Also on the French Open cards in at least one other duel will be the American Sloeine Stevens (34th), who has been assigned the number 29. The American with 6-2, 6-2 convincingly defeated Vitaly Dachenko (115th) from Russia.
In case Stevens wins the second round and Alona Ostapenko will deal with the Czech Karolina Pliskov, the two tennis players will compete against each other in the third round.
It has already been reported that Ostapenko convincingly overcame the first round of the French Open in Tuesday.
Ostapenko, who is ranked 43rd in the WTA, defeated American Madison Brengl (WTA 77) in the first round with a score of 6-2, 6-1.
Last year’s winner Ashley Barthy from Australia, as well as Canadian Bianka Andresco will not play in the ladies’ competition this year in the French Open. Barthy will not be participating in tournaments in Europe this season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but Andresco will devote time to training and rehabilitation procedures.
The Roland Garros tournament was due to take place this year from May 25 to June 7, but in mid-March it was moved to autumn and is the last Grand Slam of the season.
The tournament takes place on clay.
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