Tennis player Markéta Vondroušová entered the tournament in Luxembourg with a win in an hour and a quarter over the Belgian Alison van Uytvancková 6: 2, 6: 3. In the second round, the seed five will face Croatian qualifier Jana Fettová. Another Czech national team member, Tereza Martincová, defeated Kristína Kučová from Slovakia in an hour and twenty minutes 6: 4, 6: 1 in the first round of the tournament in Portorož, and a Romanian Sorana Cirstea is waiting for her.
Markéta Vondroušová is a great Czech hope
Silver Olympic medalist Vondroušová was already leading 4: 0 in the first set. Not even her abraded knee, which she had treated, slowed her down, and she turned the setball a fourth time. In the second set, the Czech Republic lost service three times, but Van Uytvancková did not keep it in even one of five attempts.
Twenty-two-year-old Vondroušová beat her five-year-old opponent for the third time in four matches. Fett’s 35th player has not yet met.
Martincová, who is on the 61st place in the ranking, entered the match with the opponent from the second world hundred better and led 4: 0. Kučová managed to equalize, but from the state of 4: 4 she won only one game until the end of the match.
Twenty-six-year-old Martincová transformed her first match ball thanks to a successful pass, and in the third mutual match with her five-year-old opponent, she scored her second victory. With Cirstea, the fourth player to play, the Czech Republic has a balanced match.
| LUXEMBOURG (hard surface, $ 235,238 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Vondrousova (5-CR) – From Uytvanckova (Belgian) 6:2, 6:3 |
| Sasnovicova (BEL) – Curenkova (UKR) 7: 5, 7: 6 (8: 6) |
| Harton (NZL) – Friedsam (DEU) 7: 6 (7: 5), 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4) |
| Dijasova (KAZ) – Schmiedlova (SR) 6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 4 |
| Minnen (Belg.) – Parrizas-Diaz (Sp.) 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 7 (1: 7), 7: 6 (7: 2). |
| Minella (LUX) – Gracovova (RUS) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Ostapenkova (3-Lot.) – Niemeierova (DEU) 6: 2, 6: 2 |
| PORTOROŽ (hard surface, subsidy 189 708 euros): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Martincová (CZE) – Kučová (SR) 6: 4, 6: 1 |
| Juvanová (Slovenia) – Martičová (1-Croatia) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Putincevová (2-KAZ) – Cristianová (ROU) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Paoliniová (It.) – Jastremská (6-UKR) 7: 6 (7: 5), 4: 1 retired |
| Kužmová (SR) – Mrdežaová (Croatia) 6: 2, 6: 3. |
| Riske (3-USA) – Lovričová (Slovenia) 7: 5, 6: 3 |
| Zidanšeková (5-Slovenia) – Ferrandová (It.) 6: 1, 6: 1. |
| Bronzetti (It.) – Peterson (7-Sweden) 6: 3, 6: 3 |
| Boulter (British) – Zavacká (UKR) 7: 5, 6: 3 |
| Krunicova (SRB) – Falknerova (Slovenia) 6: 3, 6: 1 |
| Kalinska (RUS) – Kovinicova (Č. Hora) 6: 0, 6: 4 |
| Kalininova (UKR) – Errani (It.) 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 2 |
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