Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková defeated Anastasia Sevastova from Latvia 6: 3, 6: 7 and 6: 2 in the second round of the tournament in Dubai. On the other hand, the role of the seeded player was not confirmed by Markéta Vondroušová, who lost 6: 3, 0: 6 and 4: 6 to the American Cori Gauff. Marie Bouzková defeated Irina Maria Bara from Romania 6: 3, 2: 6 and 6: 3 in the first round in Guadalajara.
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Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková pictured from the Australian Open.
Andy Brownbill, ČTK / AP
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The second seed, Plíšková, could decide on advancing to the round of 16 in the second set. The finalist of the 2015 tournament led 5: 3, had two match points, but Sevastova won a tie-break. In it, the Czech favorite led 4: 1, but Latvia eventually succeeded 7: 5.
He had to decide the third set, in which 28-year-old Plíšková did not surprise. Her next opponent will be the winner of the match between Kristina Mladenovicová from France and the American Jessica Pegula, who eliminated her in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha last week.
Little money, little motivation. We’re spoiled, says the tennis star
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Twenty-one-year-old Vondroušová, on the other hand, did not manage a well-played match. After winning the first set, he received a “canary” from 16-year-old Gauff. Although she managed to erase the 1: 3 loss in the decisive set, she lost the serve immediately after the equalization and the American took advantage of the offered chance.
Twenty-three-year-old Bouzková, a finalist in Guadalajara in the previous year and the second player to play, will face another Romanian girl in the next round – Mihaela Buzarnescu.
She had only met her once so far. Four years ago at the US Open, the currently 50th player in the world lost in three sets. Thirty-two-year-old Buzarnescu beat American Coco Vandeweghe 7: 6, 6: 7 and 6: 2 in Mexico in the first round.
| Dubai Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard, $ 1,835,490): |
| Singles – Round 2: |
| Karolina Pliskova (2-CR) – Sevastova (LVA) 6: 3, 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 2 |
| Gauffová (USA) – Vondroušová (12-CR) 3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 4 |
| Potapova (RUS) – Keys (11-USA) 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Women’s Tennis Tournament in Guadalajara (hard surface, $ 235,238 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Bouzková (2-CR) – Baraova (ROU) 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3 |
| Schmiedlova (SR) – Hibinova (5-Jap.) 6: 1, 7: 5 |
| Kovinicova (6-Č. Hora) – Gračovová (RUS) 3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| Davis (USA) – Friedsam (DEU) 7: 5, 6: 4 |
| Buzarnescu (ROU) – Vandeweghe (USA) 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 2 |
| Cocciarett (It.) – Wang Si-yu (China) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Sharma (Austr.) – Dart (Brit.) 2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 2) |
| Zarazua (MEX) – Kawa (POL) 7: 6 (9: 7), 6: 0 |
| Men’s tennis tournament in Santiago de Chile (clay, $ 393,935 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Tiafoe (5-USA) – Jarry (Chile) 7:6 (9:7), 6:7 (7:9), 7:6 (9:7). |
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