Have a nice day. Markéta Vondroušová advanced to the opening round of the season without losing the set to the 3rd round. In the Margaret Court arena, one of the main favorites for the title awaits her – world number two Aryna Sabalenková from Belarus.
Markéta Vondroušová is a 22-year-old Czech tennis player. Last season, she delighted Czech fans with silver from the Tokyo Olympics. At the end of the last year, Vondroušová played Billie Jean King Cup, in which she played Petkovicová and Golubicová. She also came across the latter at her premiere this year in Adelaide, where she was eliminated in the eighth finals on the Croatian Konjuh rocket. She was the only general before the Australian Open. In Melbourne, the thirty-one, which ranks 41st in the WTA rankings, began with a smooth triumph 6: 2 and 6: 3 over home Priscilla Hon. In the second round, the Sokolov native lost 6: 2 and 7: 5 Lyudmila Samsonova. Vondroušová starts in the tournament for the fourth time and defends last year’s round of 16, which is also her maximum.
Aryna Sabalenková did not catch the beginning of the season in an ideal mood. In both “preparatory” tournaments in Adelaide, she dropped out in the opening round and attracted attention mainly due to the astronomical number of double bugs she committed in a total of 39 in two matches against Slovenian Juvanová and Sweden’s Petersonová. First, she defeated Storm Sanders 5: 7, 6: 3 and 6: 2 and then 1: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 2 Sin-yu Wang from China. At the same time, she was worried about the service again, when she made 12 double faults in the first match and even 19 in the second. Like Vondroušová, the Belarusian runner in Melbourne defends last year’s eighth finals, which is also her maximum.
The statistics of mutual matches are balanced – 2: 2. Vondroušová dominated two introductory meetings from 2017 and 2018. Subsequently, only Sabalenková rejoiced. The last time this happened was in Miami, where she won 6: 1 and 6: 2.
