Aurélie SACCHELLI, Media365, published on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Seeded No.2, No.6 and No.7 in Chicago, Garbine Muguruza, Ons Jabeur and Elise Mertens qualified for the knockout stages. Anett Kontaveit, victorious Sunday of the tournament of Ostrava, meanwhile crossed the first round.
The last matches of the first round of the Chicago tournament took place this Tuesday, but also the first matches of the second round. So much so that Ons Jabeur and Elise Mertens have already won their ticket for the round of 16. The Tunisian, seeded n ° 6, was quick to eliminate the killer Kim Clijsters, Su-Wei Hsieh: 6-1, 6-0 in 45 minutes! She broke six times and lost only eleven points on her serve. As for the Belgian, seeded n ° 7, she beat the striker of Alizé Cornet, Dayana Yastremska: 6-1, 6-3 in 1:05 without having the slightest break point to defend, despite 7 double faults. Mertens broke 0-0, 3-1 and 5-1 in the first set and 1-0 in the second. Garbine Muguruza, seeded No. 2, entered the tournament smoothly, winning 6-4, 6-4 in 1h30 against American Ann Li. In this match with eleven double faults and six breaks in the Overall, the Spaniard did not dominate the game, but made the difference by breaking 2-2 in the first set and 4-4 in the second. In a match counting towards the first round, No.11 seed Anett Kontaveit, who won the Ostrava tournament in the Czech Republic 48 hours ago, adapted perfectly to the jet lag and the change of surface and weather. She beat Madison Brengle without too much trembling 6-4, 6-3 in 1:23, in a match marked by eight breaks. The Estonian managed a decisive break at 5-4 to pocket the first set, then found herself down 3-1 in the second before going on five straight games.
Teichmann got scared
Three Swiss women are on the Chicago courts this week, and they will be two in the round of 16: Belinda Bencic, automatically qualified as the No.3 seed, and Jil Teichmann, the No.16 seed. The 38th player in the world had the 66th, Kaia Kanepi, on the score of 7-6, 7-5 in 1h43, at the end of a match where the two players encountered many difficulties in service (7 double faults and 3 breaks conceded by the Swiss, 9 double faults and 4 breaks conceded by the Estonian). After a great start to the match where she led 5-0, Teichmann suddenly lost all of his abilities and Kanepi equalized at 5-5, but the seed finally found his tennis at the right time, in the tie-break, won 7-3. In the second set, Teichmann led 4-2, then saw his opponent equalize (4-4), before the white breaker at 5-5 and win. Next opponent: Magda Linette.
Zidansek rams Stephens, Azarenka in 61 minutes
It also goes for the No. 13 seed, Tamara Zidansek. The Slovenian spent only 1h13 on the court to eliminate the American Sloane Stephens, who fell to 63rd place in the world, with a score of 6-2, 6-1. Zidansek, who committed 5 double faults, had 8 break points to save, but she succeeded, while breaking her opponent at 2-1 and 5-2 in the first set and 2-1 and 4-1 in the second to win and face the Czech Martincova in the next round. Victoria Azarenka (No. 14), for her first game since the US Open, spent only 1:01 on the court to eliminate Shuai Zhang: 6-2, 6-1 after taking the opposing serve seven times. The No. 15 seed on the other hand fell on Tuesday, in the person of Camila Giorgi, eliminated by the 98th world Elena Gabriela Ruse, by the score of 6-4, 6-2 in 1h34. The Italian committed 12 double faults and was broken five times, including 4-4 in the first set, then 0-0 and 2-0 in the second. Qualification also of the American Danielle Collins, 28th player in the world and seeded No. 10, who tore off against the Japanese Misaki Doi, 111th player in the world, in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 7- 5) and 2h14 of play.
CHICAGO (UNITED STATES, WTA 500, exterior hard, € 482,536)
Title holder (in August): Elina Svitolina (UKR)
2nd round
Svitolina (UKR, n ° 1) – Anisimova (USA)
Kozlova (UKR, Q) – Ruse (ROU)
Pegula (USA) – Petkovic (ALL, n°9)Jabeur (TUN, n ° 6) bat Hsieh (TAI): 6-1, 6-0
Bencic (SUI, n°3) – Inglis (AUS, Q)
Martincova (RTC) – Zidansek (SLO, n ° 13)
Kudermetova (RUS, n°12) – Dart (GBR, LL)
Sasnovich (BIE) – Rybakina (RUS, n ° 5)
Mertens (BEL, n ° 7) bat Yastremska (UKR) : 6-1, 6-3
Collins (USA, n°10) bat Doi (JAP) : 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Teichmann (SUI, n ° 16) – Linette (POL)
Vondrousova (RTC) – Pavlyuchenkova (RUS, n ° 4)
Andreescu (CAN, n°8) – Rogers (USA)
Hontama (JAP, Q) – Kontaveit (EST, n ° 11)
Azarenka (BIE, n°14) – Baptiste (CAN, WC)
Muguruza (ESP, n ° 2) bat Li (USA): 6-4, 6-4
1st round
Svitolina (UKR, n ° 1) – Bye
Anisimova (USA) bat Golubic (SUI) : 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Kozlova (UKR, Q) bat Kostyuk (UKR): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-0
Ruse (ROU) bat Giorgi (ITA, n ° 15): 6-4, 6-2
Pegula (USA) bat Frech (POL, Q): 6-3, 6-0
Petkovic (ALL, n°9) Bat Govortsova (BIE, LL): 6-2, 6-2
Hsieh (TAI) bat Clijsters (BEL, WC) : 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Jabeur (TUN, n ° 6) – Bye
Bencic (SUI, n ° 3) – Bye
Inglis (AUS, Q) bat Dolehide (USA, WC): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Martincova (RTC) bat Osorio Serrano (COL): 6-3, 7-5
Zidansek (SLO, n ° 13) bat Stephens (USA) : 6-2, 6-1
Kudermetova (RUS, n°12) bat Kalinskaya (RUS, Q): 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-2
Dart (GBR, LL) bat Haddad Maia (BRE, Q) : 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Sasnovich (BIE) bat Keys (USA) : 6-4, 2-0 abandon
Rybakina (RUS, n ° 5) – Bye
Mertens (BEL, n ° 7) – Bye
Yastremska (UKR) bat Cornet (FRA): 7-5, 6-1
Two (JAP) bat Bouzkova (RTC) : 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
Collins (USA, n°10) bat Flipkens (BEL, Q) : 6-4, 6-2
Teichmann (SUI, n°16) beats Kanepi (EST): 7-6 (3), 7-5
Linette (POL) bat Vandeweghe (USA, WC) : 6-1, 6-4
Vondrousova (RTC) bat Tomljanovic (AUS): 6-2, 6-1
Pavlyuchenkova (RUS, n°4) – Bye
Andreescu (CAN, n°8) – Bye
Rogers (USA) bat Cabrera (AUS, Q): 6-2, 6-1
Hontama (JAP, Q) bat Garcia (FRA): 6-3, 6-0
Contact knife (EST, no. 11) bat Brengle (USA): 6-4, 6-3
Azarenka (BIE, n°14) bat Zhang (CHN) : 6-2, 6-1
Baptiste (CAN, WC) bat Paolini (ITA): 7-5, 6-3
Li (USA) bat Vekic (CRO) : 6-3, 6-1
Muguruza (ESP, n ° 2) – Bye
