Tennis player Petra Kvitová lost at the grand slam Australian Open just like last year with Sorana Cirstea. A year ago, the two-time Wimbledon winner was not enough for the Romanian in Melbourne in the second round, this year she lost to her twice in the first round 2: 6.
Kateřina Siniaková failed to surprise Estonian Anett Kontaveitová and lost 2: 6 and 3: 6 with the sixth seed. Jiří Lehečka lost to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6 and 5: 7 at his grand slam premiere. On the other hand, tournament thirty-one Markéta Vondroušová, last year’s silver Olympic medalist from Tokyo, dealt with home Priscilla Honová 6: 2 and 6: 3.
Kvitová, who has been suffering from a wrist problem since the beginning of the year, did not succeed in the match with Cirstea. She made 39 unforced mistakes, did not use either of the two brawls, and left for the locker room after an hour and twelve minutes. “There’s not much to say. That’s the sport,” Kvitova said.
The 2019 Australian Open finalist lost in the grand slam in the first round, just like last year at Wimbledon and Melbourne for the first time in 2018.
Australian Open tennis grand slam tournament in Melbourne (hard surface, subsidy 75 million Australian dollars):
Women:
Singles – Round 1: Vondroušová (31-CZ) – Honova (Austr.) 6: 2, 6: 3, Cirsteaova (ROU) – Kvitová (20-CZ) 6: 2, 6: 2, Kontaveitova (6-Est.) – Siniaková (CZ) 6: 2, 6: 3, Muguruza (3-Sp.) – Burelova (Fr.) 6: 2, 6: 3, Peterson (Sweden) – Saville (Austr.) 6: 2, 6: 3 , Kučová (SR) – Doiová (JPN) 6: 3, 7: 5, Cornetová (Fr.) – Tomovová (Bulh.) 6: 3, 6: 3, Šwiateková (7-Pol.) – Dartová (Brit.) ) 6: 3, 6: 0, Mertens (19-Belg.) – Zvonareva (RUS) 6: 4, 7: 5, Stosurova (Austr.) – Anderson (USA) 6: 7 (5: 7), 6 : 3, 6: 3, Beguova (ROU) – Dodinova (Fr.) 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3, Pavlyuchenkova (10-Rus.) – Bondarova (Hungary) 6: 2, 6: 1 , Halepova (14-Rum.) – Frechova (Pol.) 6: 4, 6: 3, Inglisova (Austr.) – Fernandezova (23-Kan.) 6: 4, 6: 2, Kasatkinova (25-Rus.) – Vögele (Switzerland) 6: 3, 6: 1, Linette (Poland) – Sevastova (LVA) 6: 4, 7: 5, Baptiste (USA) – Garcia (Fr.) 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 3, Samsonova (RUS) – Bektasova (USA) 7: 5, 6: 4.
Men:
Singles – Round 1: Dimitrov (26: Bulh.) – Лехечка (CZ) 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5, Medvedev (2-Rus.) – Laaksonen (Switzerland) 6: 1, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 3), Sinner (11-It.) – Sousa (Port.) 6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 1, Gasquet (Fr.) – Humbert (29-Fr.) 3: 6, 7: 6 (4), 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3. Rubljov (5-RUS) – Mager (It.) 6: 3? 6: 2, 6: 2, Schwartzman (13-Arg) – Krajinovic (SRB) 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5, Bautista (15-Sp.) – Travaglia (It.) 7: 6 (7) : 2), 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 1, Van de Zandschulp (NZL) – Struff (DEU) 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 2, Kohlschreiber (DEU) – Cecchinato (It .) 6: 4, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 0), O’Connell (Austr.) – Gaston (Fr.) 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 0, 4: 6, 6 : 1, Gomboš (SR) – Skatov (KAZ) 6: 3, 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 4.
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