Anisimova, who is ranked 28th in the WTA rankings and placed 27th in the tournament, defeated Naomi Osaka (38th WTA) with a score of 7-5, 6-4.
In the first half of the season, Yushka worked with Ukrainian tennis player Yelina Switolin, who will probably not return to the court soon, as she will be older with Gael Monfis in October. At the beginning of May, it was reported that Yushka had become Anisimova’s coach. He had previously worked with a talented American tennis player.
Donna Vekiča from Croatia (WTA 100) will face Anisimova in the second round.
Osaka made eight double errors and 29 unforced errors in this match.
The Japanese won the Australian Open last year and won her fourth Grand Slam title, but the French Open withdrew because she refused to take part in compulsory media activities on the grounds of her psychological condition.
Meanwhile, the current first racket Iga Svyonteka from Poland convincingly defeated the Ukrainian Lesya Curenko 6-2, 6-0 (WTA 119).
Schwontek’s winning streak now has 29 matches. The record-breaking Venus Williams series of this century reached 35 matches in 2000. Martin Navratilova’s record of 74 consecutive victories is a long way off.
Svyonteka suffered his last loss more than three months ago, when he lost to Latvia’s first racket Alona Ostapenko in the second round of the Dubai “WTA 500” series tournament.
The second Grand Slam of the season – the French Open – will run until June 5.
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