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Results and Highlights of Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament: Kvitová, Plíšková, and Krejčíková Matches

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com August 16, 2023

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In the first mutual match with Blinková, Kvitová lost the lead 5:2, in the twelfth game she did not convert two set points, but she won the tie-break sovereignly 7:2. The second set lasted only half an hour, and the twenty-four-year-old native of Moscow, ranked 37th, did not win a single game in it. Kvitová’s next opponent may be compatriot Linda Nosková.

Wimbledon winner Vondroušová easily lost to Siniak five years ago in their only mutual duel so far, and this time she didn’t start well either and lost 3:5. Only then did she get going, winning seven games in a row and finally winning over the doubles world number one 7:5, 6:4.

Bouzková beat Irina-Camelia Beguová twice 6:2, her Romanian opponent managed to hold serve only once in the match and lost it seven times. This year’s Roland Garros finalist Muchová lost a set against the Brazilian for the first time in her career in the endgame of the match against twelfth seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, which was interrupted by rain on Monday, but she was able to turn the score around. After an almost three-hour fight, she advanced and will face Petra Martičová from Croatia in the second round.

Plíšková and Krejčíková finish

After a promising start, Plíšková lost to Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6:1, 3:6, 4:6. The former world number one has won only two matches since May, she was also eliminated in the first round at the Grand Slams in Paris and London.

In her first match since her Wimbledon ankle injury, Krejčíková lost to former world number one Viktoria Azarenková 3:6 and 5:7. In the second set, the tournament eleven already led 5:2, but the thirty-four-year-old Belarusian won the next five games.

Lehečka lost in the opening round to ninth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6:7, 2:6. In the dramatic tie-break of the first set, the Czech Davis Cup representative did not use five set points and lost it 14:16. He now has a record of 0:3 with Fritz.

In Ohio, Nosková will face Ljudmila Samsonová, the finalist of the previous tournament in Montreal, in the opening round.

Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard): Men ($6.6 million endowment): Singles – Round 1:LEHEČKA – Fritz 6:7 (14:16) 2:6Paul (14-USA) – Kecmanovic (Serb.) 7:5, 7:6 (7:2) Čorič (15-Croatia) – Korda (USA) 7:6 (7:5), 6:4Humbert – Fils (both Fr.) 6:4, 3:6, 6:2Wawrinka (Switzerland) – Nakashima (USA) 6:3, 6:7 (5:7), 6:3Popyrin (Aust.) – Altmaier (Ger. ) 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:4 Zverev (16-Germany) – Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6:2, 6:2 Davidovich (Spain) – Etcheverry (Arg.) 6:3, 6:3 Musetti (It.) – Evans (Brit.) 6:4, 6:3 Monfils (Fr.) – Norrie (13-Brit.) 3:6, 6:4, 6:3 Sonego (It.) – Shevchenko ( Rus.) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 Women (subsidy $2,788,468): Singles – 1st round:KVITOVÁ – Blinková 7:6 (7:2), 6:0 PLIŠKOVÁ – Ostapenková 6:1, 3:6, 4:6 Azarenkova – KREJČÍKová 6:3, 7:5BOUZKOVÁ (CZE) – Beguová (Romania) 6:2, 6:2VONDROUŠOVÁ (10-CZECH REPUBLIC) – SINIAKOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 7:5, 6:4Kasatkinová (14-Russia) – Stearnsová (USA) 6:2, 6 :1Trevisanová (It.) – Peraová (USA) 3:6, 6:1, 6:2Gračová (Fr.) – Wozniacka (Dan.) 6:4, 6:4Cheng Qin-wen (China) – Sasnovičová (Bel. ) 6:1, 6:4 Martičová (Croatia) – Navarro (USA) 6:2, 3:6, 6:3 Sharifová (Egypt) – Wang Si-yü (China) 7:6 (7:3), 4 :6, 7:6 (7:5)
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August 16, 2023 0 comments

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Kvitová Believes Russian and Belarusian Tennis Players Should be Excluded from the Olympics – Sport.cz

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com April 3, 2023

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Representatives of the organizing All England Club (AELTC) announced on Friday that, unlike last year, they will allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete in Wimbledon as neutrals this year. Last year, due to the invasion of Ukraine, the club did not allow tennis players from allied countries to the tournament under pressure from the British government. The AELTC has been criticized by both the ATP and WTA professional bodies for this, and has reduced the value of the legendary tournament by not awarding world ranking points for it.

“Of course, my position is still clear, I am against the war and I care more about the people and players from Ukraine. I appreciate that Wimbledon had a hard time last year when no points were awarded because the Russians and Belarusians did not play there,” Kvitova answered the question , what the 2011 and 2014 champion says about Friday’s Wimbledon announcement.

“And in my opinion, they (tennis players from Russia and Belarus) shouldn’t even compete in the Olympics. I’m more on the Ukrainian side in this. I feel like the Olympics are here because we don’t want war in the world. So that worries me. And I really appreciated when Wimbledon didn’t invite them last year,” repeated the bronze medalist from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016, who will face Jelena Rybakinová from Kazakhstan in the final today in Miami.

Tennis, as one of the few sports, allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to continue competing individually with neutral status after the start of the war in Ukraine last February, but they are not allowed to participate in team competitions. This week, the International Olympic Committee recommended to all international federations the return of representatives of both countries as individual neutral athletes. Ukrainian politicians and sports representatives reacted negatively to this and ordered their athletes to boycott competitions with Russians and Belarusians.

April 3, 2023 0 comments

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Fruhvirtová was leading 5-2 and had a match point, but lost. On the other hand, Kvitová and Krejčíková are moving on Currently.cz

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com March 11, 2023

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Linda Fruhvirtová did not manage another three-set drama at the tournament in Indian Wells. In the deciding set, she already led 5:2 and had a match point, but in the end she lost to Anhelina Kalinin 6:4, 4:6, 5:7. On the other hand, Barbora Krejčíková coped with her opponent from Ukraine, beating Dajana Jastremská 6:1, 6:2. Petra Kvitová also advanced to the 3rd round, defeating the American of Czech origin Elizabeth Mandliková 6:1, 7:5.

Fruhvirtová started the previous duel with Majar Šarífová from Egypt with a humiliating “canary” in the first set, but then took a breath for a big and winning turn.

The fight with the 27th seeded player developed exactly the opposite. The 17-year-old Czech entered the match famously and quickly took a 5-0 lead.

But then she let her opponent pull to within a single game, and Kalinin served to equalize. However, Fruhvirtová captured the set for herself with another break.

In the second act, the Czech immediately lost serve, but she immediately made up for the loss, and she did the same soon after the next break.

However, she served her rival even at 4:5, and Kalininova did not disdain another chance and leveled the set at 1:1 with her own serve.

In the decisive game, Fruhvirtová escaped thanks to a break to 5:2 and immediately had a match point on her opponent’s serve. However, the Ukrainian turned him away, won not only this game, but also the next four in a row, and celebrated the victory after two and three quarters of an hour.

The talented Czech also paid for an unusually high number of double faults, even committing 21 of them.

Today’s second Czech-Ukrainian clash had a clear course. The tournament sixteenth seed Krejčíková, who, like all the other seeded players, had a free draw in the opening round, did not give Jastremská a chance in her first appearance after her triumph at the event in Dubai. She even allowed only one game in the first and two in the second set.

During the entire match, the opponent held serve only in the opening game, so in the second set, the Czech player was not stopped even by the fact that she also lost serve twice. It was over immediately after the first match point in just one hour and ten minutes.

Kvitová also won the first set unequivocally 6:1 in an attractive encounter with the American Mandliková.

However, in the second set, the daughter of the famous Czech tennis player and Grand Slam champion Hana Mandlíková rallied, leading 5:3, but the next four games already belonged to the favored seeded fifteen.

Kvitová’s next opponent will be Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, winner of the Grand Slam French Open. The balance of mutual matches so far is narrowly favorable for the tennis player from Fulnek (5:4).

Indian Wells Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard Court):

Women ($8.8 million endowment):

Singles – 2nd round: Kvitova (15-CR) – Mandliková (USA) 6:1, 7:5, Krejčíková (16-CR) – Jastremská (Ukr.) 6:1, 6:2, Kalininová (27-Ukr.) – L. Fruhvirtová (Czech Republic) 4:6, 6:4, 7:5, Teichmannová (Switzerland) – Bencicová (9-Switzerland) 3:6, 6:3, 6:3, Ostapenko (24-Lot.) – Sasnovičová ( Bel.) 7:5, 3:6, 6:2, Curenková (Ukrainian) – Vekičová (29-Croatian) 2:6, 6:2, 6:2.

Men (subsidy $10,143,750):

Singles – 2nd round: Ruud (3-Nor.) – Schwartzman (Arg.) 6:2, 6:3, Norrie (10-Brit.) – Wu Tung-Lin (Taiwan) 6:2, 6:4, Ivaška (Bel. ) – Van de Zandschulp (28-Netherlands) 7:5, 3:2 scratch, Garín (Chile) – Nišioka (29-Japan) 6:4, 6:0.

March 11, 2023 0 comments

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Australian Open | AUSTRALIAN OPEN PROGRAM: A sharp start! Nine Czech tennis players in action

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 16, 2023

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Petra Kvitová will play her opening match on the second largest court in Melbourne Park. The finalist of the tournament from 2019 will start her fourteenth participation in the main competition of the Australian Open with a match against the Belgian Alison Van Uytvancková. At John Cain Arena, they will come in second in the order.

The Czech fight will take place in Arena 1573, where the tournament’s 20th-ranked Barbora Krejčíková and sixteen-year-old Sára Bejlek, who advanced from the qualification, will face each other in the main competition in Melbourne. Brenda Fruhvirtová, a year younger, and 20-year-old Dalibor Svrčina will make their Grand Slam debut.

Last year’s Australian Open semifinalist Karolína Muchová will open the tournament with a match against Ukrainian Lesja Curenko.

January 16, 2023 0 comments

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Kvitová – Cheng 7:6, penalty, Kvitová takes another victory, in Adelaide she will face the conqueror Krejčíková in the quarterfinals

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 11, 2023

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The 16th player in the world, Kvitová, confirmed an excellent start to the season. The winner of 29 WTA tournaments has so far not dropped a set in her four matches. Against Cheng Chin-wen, she lost her serve twice in the first set, but at 4:5 and 5:6 she didn’t allow her opponent to serve.

In the shortened match, Kvitová was losing 3:6, but she turned the set in her favor by winning five balls in a row. Cheng Chin-wen then summoned a physiotherapist to court and after a short consultation gave up the duel.

27-year-old Krejčíková, who knocked out American Amanda Riske-Amritrajava earlier in the tournament, lost her serve three times in the first set against Kasatkina, and the Russian took the lead in the 33rd minute.

In the second set, both players held serve until the dramatic finale. In it, Krejčíková faced three match points at 5:6. The Brno native managed to deflect two, but Kasatkinová has already capitalized on the last one.

Today, Kateřina Siniaková will also take part in the event of the Czech tennis players, who will face the four seeds Caroline Garcia from France.

Lehečka wasn’t enough for Norrie

Czech tennis player Jiří Lehečka will not play in the quarterfinals in Auckland. In the second round, he lost 4:6, 7:6 and 3:6 against the second seed of the tournament Cameron Norrie from Great Britain.

Lehečka played the match well and led 4:2 in the first set, but the 12th player in the world Norrie turned the score around with four games in a row. The 21-year-old Czech won the second set in a tie-break with a ratio of 7:4.

However, the deciding set didn’t work out for Leheček, who clinched his place in the main competition in qualifying and did not advance to the third quarterfinal on the ATP circuit. He was quickly losing 0:3 and Norrie had already kept the lead.

Auckland Men’s Tournament (hard court, $713,495 endowment):
Singles – 2nd round:
Norrie (2-Brit.) – LEHEČKA (CZ) 6:4, 6:7 (4:7), 6:3
Brooksby (USA) – Schwartzman (3-arg.) 6:1 nil
Giron – Wolf (or USA) 6:4, 6:4
Gasquet (Fr.) – Sousa (Portugal) 7:6 (7:2), 6:2

January 11, 2023 0 comments

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