In the first mutual match with Blinková, Kvitová lost the lead 5:2, in the twelfth game she did not convert two set points, but she won the tie-break sovereignly 7:2. The second set lasted only half an hour, and the twenty-four-year-old native of Moscow, ranked 37th, did not win a single game in it. Kvitová’s next opponent may be compatriot Linda Nosková.
Wimbledon winner Vondroušová easily lost to Siniak five years ago in their only mutual duel so far, and this time she didn’t start well either and lost 3:5. Only then did she get going, winning seven games in a row and finally winning over the doubles world number one 7:5, 6:4.
Bouzková beat Irina-Camelia Beguová twice 6:2, her Romanian opponent managed to hold serve only once in the match and lost it seven times. This year’s Roland Garros finalist Muchová lost a set against the Brazilian for the first time in her career in the endgame of the match against twelfth seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, which was interrupted by rain on Monday, but she was able to turn the score around. After an almost three-hour fight, she advanced and will face Petra Martičová from Croatia in the second round.
Plíšková and Krejčíková finish
After a promising start, Plíšková lost to Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6:1, 3:6, 4:6. The former world number one has won only two matches since May, she was also eliminated in the first round at the Grand Slams in Paris and London.
In her first match since her Wimbledon ankle injury, Krejčíková lost to former world number one Viktoria Azarenková 3:6 and 5:7. In the second set, the tournament eleven already led 5:2, but the thirty-four-year-old Belarusian won the next five games.
Lehečka lost in the opening round to ninth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6:7, 2:6. In the dramatic tie-break of the first set, the Czech Davis Cup representative did not use five set points and lost it 14:16. He now has a record of 0:3 with Fritz.
In Ohio, Nosková will face Ljudmila Samsonová, the finalist of the previous tournament in Montreal, in the opening round.
Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard): Men ($6.6 million endowment): Singles – Round 1:LEHEČKA – Fritz 6:7 (14:16) 2:6Paul (14-USA) – Kecmanovic (Serb.) 7:5, 7:6 (7:2) Čorič (15-Croatia) – Korda (USA) 7:6 (7:5), 6:4Humbert – Fils (both Fr.) 6:4, 3:6, 6:2Wawrinka (Switzerland) – Nakashima (USA) 6:3, 6:7 (5:7), 6:3Popyrin (Aust.) – Altmaier (Ger. ) 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:4 Zverev (16-Germany) – Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6:2, 6:2 Davidovich (Spain) – Etcheverry (Arg.) 6:3, 6:3 Musetti (It.) – Evans (Brit.) 6:4, 6:3 Monfils (Fr.) – Norrie (13-Brit.) 3:6, 6:4, 6:3 Sonego (It.) – Shevchenko ( Rus.) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 Women (subsidy $2,788,468): Singles – 1st round:KVITOVÁ – Blinková 7:6 (7:2), 6:0PLIŠKOVÁ – Ostapenková 6:1, 3:6, 4:6Azarenkova – KREJČÍKová 6:3, 7:5BOUZKOVÁ (CZE) – Beguová (Romania) 6:2, 6:2VONDROUŠOVÁ (10-CZECH REPUBLIC) – SINIAKOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 7:5, 6:4Kasatkinová (14-Russia) – Stearnsová (USA) 6:2, 6 :1Trevisanová (It.) – Peraová (USA) 3:6, 6:1, 6:2Gračová (Fr.) – Wozniacka (Dan.) 6:4, 6:4Cheng Qin-wen (China) – Sasnovičová (Bel. ) 6:1, 6:4 Martičová (Croatia) – Navarro (USA) 6:2, 3:6, 6:3 Sharifová (Egypt) – Wang Si-yü (China) 7:6 (7:3), 4 :6, 7:6 (7:5)
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