Tournament number one and twelfth world tennis player Petra Kvitová unexpectedly dropped out at the WTA tournament in Prague in the first round. She lost to Slovak tennis player from the third hundred of the rankings of Rebecca Šramková 6: 7, 6: 3 and 4: 6. And the Livesport Prague Open also lost another home star today, the third seed Markéta Vondroušová resigned due to a leg injury.
Kvitová could finish the first set at 5: 4 and 6: 5, but eventually lost him 5: 7 in a tie-break. In the second set, the winner of the 2018 tournament began to suffer from muscle problems, she was treated twice, but she managed to equalize.
“I’m in preparation, my body hurts a bit and her right leg didn’t last. But it was a good match and I’m glad that people stayed until the end,” said Kvitová in an interview on the court, who hopes the injury will not jeopardize her participation in the Tokyo Olympics. .
In the decisive third set, the 31-year-old Czech Republic did not maintain a 2: 3 serve and Šramková already maintained the lead. The two-time Grand Slam winner twice took her service, but she lost it herself twice more.
Šramková, who ranks 226th in the ranking, scored the biggest victory of her career so far. “I don’t realize it yet. I’m honestly surprised,” she said with tears in her eyes.
The Slovak tennis player also played with health problems. “At 3: 3 in the second set, I started getting cramps and I was saved by magnesium,” added twenty-four-year-old Šramková.
Vondroušová withdrew from the tournament because she needs to heal her thigh muscle. “I’m really sorry that I have to resign from the home tournament, but my leg needs more time before the Olympics and the American series of tournaments,” the player told the organizers at the check-out.
Former US Open winner Samantha Stosur, who lost to American Grace Min, also said goodbye to the tournament. The 37-year-old wild card holder lost to the 181st player in the world rankings 3: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6.
It was the sixth defeat in a row for the former World Four Stosur. The last time the winner of nine WTA tournaments rejoiced at winning a match in February in the first round of the Australian Open. Stosurová was in the finals in Prague five years ago, when it was played on clay.
Livesport Prague Open Women’s Tennis Tournament (hard surface, $ 236,238 grant):
Singles – Round 1:
Sramkova (SR) – Kvitova (1-CR) 7: 6 (7: 5), 3: 6, 6: 4, Stojanovicova (7-Srb.) – Djatchenkova (RUS) 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 1, 6: 3, Muhammad (USA) – Cabrera (Austr.) 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2.
Doubles – Round 1:
Bouzkova, Hradecka (3-CZ) – Liang Enshuo, Minova (Taiwan / USA) 6: 2, 6: 2, Bainsova, Murrayova (Brit.) – Havlickova, Kolodziejova (ČR) 6: 4, 6: 3, Djatčenková, Martincová (Rus./ČR) – Klimovičová, Palicová (ČR) 3: 6, 6: 4, 10: 6.
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