Sevastova (WTA 158) played in the doubles tournament together with the Czech Karolina Mučova, who is in the 355th place in the doubles ranking.
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In the first round, both tennis players gave up the sixth number of the competition with 2-6, 4-6 Victoria Azarenka from Belarus (WTA 18) / Sofia Kenina from the USA (WTA 33).
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In the singles rank, Sevastova is in 44th place, Muchova in 26th place, Azarenka in 59th place, while Kenina is the fourth racket in the world.
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Sevastova / Muchova performed three elusive services together in this duel, while the opponents answered with one. Azarenka / Kenina also made one (three) more double mistakes than Sevastova with her counterpart.
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For participating in the first round, Sevastova / Muchova earned one WTA doubles ranking point.
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It has already been reported that Sevastov, who ranks 44th in the WTA rankings, in the first round of the “Premier 5” single-player tournament with a result of 3-6, 4-6, gave way to the Frenchman Kristina Mladenovich, who is in a higher position in the ranking.
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Losing in the first round, Sevastov finished the tournament with one WTA ranking. Her next stop will be the US Open.
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This was the second tournament for Sevastova after the season resumed. About two weeks ago, she made concessions to Romanian Irina Begu in the first round of the Prague International Championship.
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This season, she has won only one of ten games, winning the Federation Cup over Serene Williams. In the WTA tour, the Latvian tennis player has not overcome the first round in six tournaments in a row this season, therefore the balance of Liepaja is 0-7.
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This summer, Sevastova took part in two show tournaments in Germany, winning one of them. She was also part of the Latvian national team at the Estonian-Latvian match in Tallinn, giving way to the leading tennis players of the northern neighbors in both singles. Rank points were not shared in these tournaments.
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The tournament in New York takes place at the US Tennis Association (USTA) National Tennis Center, named after Billy Gin King, where the US Open will begin at the end of August. Matches take place on outdoor courts on a hard surface.
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The Western & Southern Open usually takes place in Cincinnati, but this time it has been moved to New York so that tennis players do not have to travel before the US Open, which increases the risk of Covid-19 infection.
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