Twenty-one-year-old Vondroušová started well against Kanepiová, won 12 of 14 initial exchanges and led 3: 0. However, the 14-year-old Estonian then refined the game, stopped spoiling it and the left-handed Czech tennis player went on the defensive. After two mistakes, she finally lost the opening set.
From the second set, Vondroušová played more confidently and could traditionally rely on shortening for the net. From a score of 2: 3, she gained ten games in a row, and after a one-year break in Paris, she enjoyed advancing. Last year she dropped out in the first round with later champion Polka Iga Šwiateková.
In the next match, Vondroušová will face home Harmony Tanová, the 149th player in the world, who received a wild card in the competition and eliminated compatriot Alizé Cornetová in the 1st round.
Will Martincová see the first grand slam win?
Tereza Martincová is playing for life success when it comes to grand slam tournaments. In the Big Four tournaments, she has competed in the main event four times so far, three of them at the US Open, but she has never advanced to the second round. Today he will have the opportunity against the Serb Ivana Jorovičová, who ranks 251st in the ranking. The match should start around 4 p.m.