The WTA1000 Madrid tournament begins, the women's singles top half of the competition, Kvitova, Sakkari, Muguruza, Osaka Naomi, Pavlyuchenkova, Collins, Raducano, Andreascu and other players will appear, and the Chinese Golden Flower Han Xinyun combination will also play in doubles.
There is a match between Sakkari and No. 4 seed Sakkari, the highest-ranked player in the top half of the WTA 1000 Madrid, and she will play against American Star Keith in today's first round. The two sides have met twice before, and the Greeks have lost two straight sets to defeat their opponents. This is the first time they have met in the red soil, who will win?
In the end, Sakkari struggled to reverse the American Star Keys 6-7 (8)/6-3, 6-4 in three sets, maintaining a three-game victory against the latter and ending the recent tour three-game losing streak. Next, the Greeks will be separated from Kasakina. Since 2016, Case has suffered six consecutive defeats in Madrid, and this is also her seventh time in the first round of this station.
In addition, Naomi Osaka vs Potapova, four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka will make her clay debut this year, and her opponent is Potapova, who broke through from the qualifiers. Potapova won the trophy in Istanbul last week and is currently maintaining a wave of nine consecutive singles wins. It will be the first meeting of their careers, who will have the last laugh?
In the match, Naomi Osaka only let her opponent win one set after being broken in the opening game, and finally swept last week's Istanbul champion Potapova 6-3, 6-1, ending the latter's nine-game winning streak and also winning the clay season. Next, she will wait for the winner between Pavlyuchenkova and Tomo.
In other competitions, three-time champion Kvitova lost 3-6, 5-7 to Switzerland's Teichmann, suffering a wave of four consecutive singles defeats. On 12 trips to Madrid in his career, this was the second time the Czechs stopped in the first round (2010). No. 16 seed Lebakina saved a set in the second set and defeated qualifier Dortin 6-2, 7-5.
12th seed Pegula overcame a 2-5 deficit in the decider and saved a match point in the opponent's serve to win the game to beat Giorgi 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. Excluding Billy Jane's Gold Cup, the Italian has suffered six consecutive losses on the Tour since the Australian Open. 17th seed Fernandez gave up seven consecutive sets halfway through, but finally defeated Petkovic, who broke through from the qualifiers, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to win the first clay season.
No. 6 seed Collins defeated Puig, who had returned from injury, 7-5, 6-0 to win the first game of the clay season. Next, she will wait for the winner between Andreescu and Risk. In another post-02 youth showdown, Kostyuk, who played with a wild card, swept Towson 6-3, 6-2, waiting for the winner between Raducano and Martinkova in the next round.
Former US Open champion Andreescu beat Risque 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 to beat Riske to make it through the first round. Kanepi, who broke through from the qualifiers, defeated wild card player Fluvitova 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round against 12th seed Pergura. In another matchup, Snjakova defeated Connew 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 against 16th seed Lebakina in the next round.
Former US Open champion Stevens, despite trailing 5-0 at the start, lost to Kalinina 5-7, 4-6 and suffered a round trip. After winning the cup in Guadalajara this year, the Americans only won 1 and lost 4. Last year's final four, No. 13 seed Pavlyutchenkova made her debut after the Australian Open. She lost 3-6, 6-2, 3-6 to local Player Tomo, returning to defeat in the first game. Tomo's fifth career win over the TOP20 also ended a three-game losing streak against Pavlyuchenkova.
U.S. Open champion and No. 9 seed Raducannu overcame 2-5 in the first set and saved two sets to eliminate Martinkova 7-6 (3) 6-0, beating her opponent again after Billy Jane's Gold Cup and winning the tournament debut. Next, the English girls will play against Koschow.
In the first round of the women's doubles, Mukhova/Ka Pliskova defeated Collins/Putinseva 6-4, 6-3, and will next face No. 5 seeds Gauff/Pegula, who beat Bardoza/Sabalenka 6-1, 6-4. Han Xinyun / Panova overcame a 4-7 steal to win 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 against Gorgze/N Chichennok and won the opening goal. Next, they will face No. 2 seeds Dabraowski/Olmos.