Petra Kvitová on the archive picture.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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Bouzková advanced to the round of 16 at the Yarra Valley Classic. The sixteenth seeded player defeated the Spaniard Aljona Bolsova 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2 in the general at the Australian Open in the 2nd round. Her next rival in Melbourne will be either domestic world number one Ashleigh Barty or Romanian Ana Bogdan.
Twenty-two-year-old Bouzková won the opening set in 40 minutes, but in the second she failed to finish the match. The opponent did not let her go to the match, she leveled in the tie-break and took the lead in the third set. But then Bouzková added again, picked up Bolsová’s three times and celebrated the process.
Czech tennis players were raving. Karolína Plíšková, Muchová and Vondroušová are advancing
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Veselý scored his first win of the season, Macháč ends
Veselý advanced to the second round at the Murray River Open tournament, winning 6: 4, 6: 4 over the Portuguese Frederic Ferreira Silva. He started the season in January in Antalya, Turkey, where he was eliminated in the 1st round, this time confirming his role as the favorite. With a player from the end of the second hundred of the rankings, he did not lose a single serve and in 78 minutes he celebrated his first victory this year. He will compete for advancing to the round of 16 with Casper Ruud, who was five, and the Norwegian tennis player had a free draw in the opening round.
The first duel after a strict quarantine without the possibility of training was not managed in Tomáš by Tomáš Macháč, who lost to the home team James Duckworth 3: 6, 4: 6. He failed to prepare for the Australian Open Grand Slam, where he made it to his qualifying career for the first time in his career. Twenty-year-old Czech talent, who closes the second hundred in the ATP rankings, had to be in a hotel only on board after arriving in Australia due to positive tests for coronavirus among passengers on board. He lost his first match to Duckworth (105th in the ATP standings) in 64 minutes.
Nadal will not play in the ATP Cup today
Rafael Nadal gave up the start of today’s opening match of Spain in the ATP Cup with Australia. The second player in the world apologized for back problems. However, he did not rule out that he would be ready to start the next match, in which last year’s final team will be waiting for Greece on Thursday.
Defenders of the title Serbs started a new year of the renewed team competition with a 2: 1 victory over Canada. Novak Djokovic took care of both points. The world number one first defeated Denise Shapovalova 7: 5, 7: 5 in singles and equalized the score after the opening loss of Dušan Lajovič to Milos Raonic. In the decisive doubles, Djokovic celebrated another victory together with Filip Krajinovič.
Thirty-four-year-old Nadal was to start his second match at Rod Laver’s arena against Alex De Minaur. Pablo Carreňo replaced him in the nomination.
“Together with the whole team, we decided not to play here in Melbourne for the first time today because my back is blocked,” the 20-time Grand Slam champion wrote on Twitter. “Perhaps it will be better by Thursday,” he added.
| Yarra Valley Classic Women’s Tournament in Melbourne (hard surface, $ 442,020 grant): |
| Singles – Round 2: |
| V. Williams – Kvitova 6: 7 (6: 8), the second set is played |
| Bouzková (16-CZ) – Bolsovova (Sp.) 6: 3, 6: 7 (6: 8), 6: 2 |
| Keninova (2-USA) – Giorgio (It.) 7: 5, ret |
| Pavlyuchenkova (11-RUS) – Sevastova (LVA) 6: 0, 6: 3 |
| Podoroska (14-Arg.) – Minnen (Belg.) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Rogers (USA) – Peterson (Sweden) 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2 |
| Pegula (USA) – Barthel (DEU) 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| Zvonareva (RUS) – Dolehide (USA) 6: 2, 6: 4 |
| Murray River Open Men’s Tournament in Melbourne (hard surface, $ 320,775 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Cheerful (CZE) – Ferreira Silva (Portugal) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Duckworth (Austr.) – Macháč (CZE) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Giron – Mmoh (oba USA) 6:1, 7:5 |
| Kukushkin (Kaz.) – Londero (Arg.) 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2 |
| Sugita (Jap.) – Halys (Fr.) 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 3), 7: 5 |
| Popyrin (Austr.) – Gojo (HRV) 6: 7 (8:10), 7: 6 (7: 2), 7: 6 (9: 7) |
| Kyrgios (13-Austr.) – Muller (Fr.) 3:6, 6:4, 7:6 (7:4) |
| Simon (Fr.) – E. Ymer (Švéd.) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Ruusuvuori (Fin.) – Troicki (Srb.) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Harris (Austr.) – Daniel (Jap.) 5:7, 6:4, 7:5 |
| Men’s Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (hard, $ 382,575): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Sandgren (9-USA) – Smith (Austr.) 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4 |
| Querrey (10-USA) – Laaksonen (Switzerland) 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 0 |
| Thompson (11-Austr.) – Mager (It.) 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Cuevas (Urug.) – Andújar (14-Šp.) 6: 4, 6: 2 |
| Alcaraz (ESP) – Balázs (HUN) 2: 2 ret |
| Sweeny (Austr.) – Nam Chi Song (Korea) 7: 6 (7: 4), 7: 5 |
| Herbert (Fr.) – Cressy (USA) 6:7 (2:7), 7:6 (7:2), 7:5 |
| Haase (Niz.) – Coppejans (Belgium) 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Torpegaard (DEN) – Martínez (Šp.) 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| Ebden (Austr.) – Delbonis (ARG) 6: 3, 7: 6 (8: 6) |
| Vilella (Sp.) – Hanfmann (DEU) 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 4 |
| Stebe (DEU) – Dellien (BOL) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| ATP Cup Men’s Tennis Tournament in Melbourne: |
| Group A: |
| Serbia – Canada 2: 1 |
| Lajovic – Raonic 3: 6, 4: 6 |
| Djokovic – Shapovalov 7: 5, 7: 5 |
| Djokovic, Krajinovich – Raonic, Shapovalov 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 4) |
| Group C: |
| Austria – Italy 1: 2 |
| Novak – Fognini 6:3, 6:2 |
| Thiem – Berrettini 2:6, 4:6 |
| Novak, Thiem – Berrettini, Fognini 1:6, 4:6 |
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