Muguruza breezes over Burel in straight sets in the first round of the Australian Open, while Leylah is eliminated.
Garbine Muguruza, the third seed, defeated Clara Burel, a fiery young Frenchwoman, 6-3, 6-4. Leylah Fernandez, a US Open finalist, is knocked out in the first round. Muguruza breezes over Burel in straight sets in the first round of the Australian Open, while Leylah is eliminated.
With a 6-3 6-4 triumph against tenacious young Frenchwoman Clara Burel on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday; third seed Garbine Muguruza advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.
Burel fought valiantly in the first set, breaking Muguruza, but her own serve was frail; and 12 double faults dug a hole she was never going to be able to climb out of.
The seasoned Spaniard, who was a losing finalist two years ago at Melbourne Park; came into the net with tremendous impact to go up a set and a break; but was broken again while serving for the match.
In the next game, the former Wimbledon and French Open champion broke Burel for the; sixth time to complete the victory and advance to a match against another Frenchwoman, Alize Cornet.
Stosur is aiming for a last flourish.
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Sam Stosur has carried Australian aspirations of a first homegrown women’s singles; champion at Melbourne Park since 1978 for nearly two decades; and while this year is her final chance to do so, she thinks the pressure is finally off.
Stosur, 37, has never advanced past the fourth round of the Australian Open; and world number one Ash Barty has emerged as Australia’s favorite to follow in the footsteps; of Chris O’Neil and win the year’s first Grand Slam.
She did, however, get off to a terrific start on Tuesday; defeating Robin Anderson 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 in her first match.
The choice to end her singles career after the current Australian Open; has boosted her motivation, according to the former US Open winner.
Leylah Fernandez isn’t going on a fairytale run.
After a rough day at the office, Leylah Fernandez; was bundled out in the first round by Maddie Inglis on Tuesday; there will be no Australian Open fairytale for the Canadian teenager this year.
The 19-year-journey old’s to the US Open last against Emma Raducanu was one of the year’s greatest stories; but she hasn’t had much good fortune at Melbourne Park. The 6-4 6-2 misfortune to the Australian wildcard was Fernandez’s third sequential Terrific Pummel first-round exit. Kvitova takes a bow. Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon winner, said she wasn’t astounded to lose; within the to begin with circular of the Australian Open on Tuesday taking after a harsh month in Australia.
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Sorana Cirstea, the Romanian ingenious, crushed the 2019 Australian Open finalist; for the moment year in a push at Melbourne Stop, winning 6-2 6-2 on John Cain Arena. “I’m not beyond any doubt I have much to say,” Kvitova remarked. “It wasn’t going my way for the complete month.” That’s the way things are. It’s a sport, and all I have to be do presently is drive forward and improve. The 20th seed, who was beaten within the last three a long time back by Naomi Osaka; competed in two warm-up competitions but as it were played three matches due to early exits in Adelaide and Sydney.
“At the start of this year, I didn’t play a lot of matches,” she explained.
I had some health concerns for the entire month, so practicing was difficult. It wasn’t easy at the start of the season, but the season is long, so I’m hoping things will improve.”
The 31-year-old Czech began her 2022 campaign with a surprising loss in the first round; of the Adelaide International to Australian world number 221 Priscilla Hon.
She went on to the Sydney Tennis Classic, where she overcame a scare to win her first; match of the year against Arantxa Rus before losing in the second round to Ons Jabeur.
Kvitova said she’ll take a few days to “see properly” before focusing on playing; as many matches as she can and perhaps kick-starting her season.
“It’s incredibly hard to lose in the first round after a month,” she remarked.
“On the one hand, I’m not astonished at all by how things turned out. But, on the other side, I always want to win when I play a game.”