The revelation of the clay court season is coming home! After a round of 16 on Wimbledon grass, Barbora Krejcikova is back on hard “home” in Prague. The surprise elimination of Petra Kvitova on day 1 makes the winner of Roland Garros the big favorite of the tournament. Tuesday, for her entry into the running, she took the upper hand on Isabella Shinikova, 217th worldwide, in just over an hour (6-2, 6-3). The Czech has only dropped her faceoff once. She will play the Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure for a place in quarters.
Barbora Krejcikova after her coronation at Roland Garros
In the rest of the program, Marie Bouzkova was surprised by the Australian Storm Sanders, Katerina Siniakova did the job against the Englishwoman Jodie Burrage (6-0, 6-4) while Teresa Martincova mastered 6-1, 6-4 Samantha Murray.
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Tuesday’s program in Prague:
Centre Court
From 10 o’clock
[LL] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) – [WC] Lucie Havlickova (CZE) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Storm Sanders (AUS) – [4] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
[5] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) – [Q] Jodie Burrage (GBR) 6-0, 6-4
[2] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) – [Q] Isabella Shinikova (BUL) 6-2, 6-3
Court 1
From 10 o’clock
[WC] Viktoria Kuzmova (CZE) – Mona Barthel (GER) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
[8] Tereza Martincova (CZE) – Samantha Murray (GBR) 6-1, 6-4
Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (ESP) – [Q] Urszula Radwanska (POL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Court 2
From 10 o’clock
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) – [Q] Naiktha Bains (GBR) 6-3, 6-2
Xinyu Wang (CHN) -Leonie Kung (SUI) 6-2, 6-2
[LL] En Shuo Liang (TPE) – [LL] Cony Perrin (SUI) 6-3, 6-4
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