Tereza Martincová started the prestigious tournament in Indian Wells, nicknamed the fifth grand slam winner. Against the seventeen-year-old home Ashlyn Kruegerová, she fulfilled the role of the favorite and defeated her 6: 2, 7: 6. In the second round, the Czech tennis player is waiting for the four and seventh world ranking player Elina Svitolinová from Ukraine.
The winning gesture of Tereza Martincová
David W Cerny, Reuters
Twenty-six-year-old Martincová premiered in the main competition in Indian Wells on Wednesday. She started it against a player from the seventh hundred Krueger charts with a lost pass. However, she took the break back, added another one and got the first set without any problems. In the second, she turned from 1: 2 to 4: 2 and finally defeated the young American woman in a tie-break 7: 1.
Together with Martincová, who is nominated for the November Billie Jean King Cup in Prague, another six Czech women will perform at Indian Wells. Karolína Plíšková is number one in the tournament, Barbora Krejčíková number three and Petra Kvitová number seven. There are also silver Olympic medalists Markéta Vondroušová, Kateřina Siniaková and Marie Bouzková in the spider.
| Women ($ 8,150,470 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Martincová (CZE) – Kruegerová (USA) 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 1) |
| Rusová (Niz.) – Parksová (USA) 6: 0, 6: 1 |
| Linette (POL) – Peterson (Sweden) 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
| Sasnovičová (BEL) – Osoriová (COL) 6: 0, 6: 4 |
| Kostukova (UKR) – Chang Shui (China) 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2 |
| Paolini (It.) – Hontama (JPN) 6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2 |
| Stephens (USA) – Watson (Brit.) 6: 7 (5: 7), 7: 5, 6: 1 |
| Rogers (USA) – Kalinin (UKR) 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 2 |
| Cornet (FR) – Ruse (ROU) 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
| Keys (USA) – Kanepi (EST) 6: 0, 7: 5 |
| Sie Shu-wei (Taiwan) – Brengle (USA) 6: 1, 7: 6 (7: 4) |
| Samsonova (RUS) – Kozlovova (UKR) 6: 4, 7: 6 (8: 6) |
| Marticova (Croatia) – Volynetsova (USA) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Doubles – Round 1: |
| Hradecká, Bouzková (CZE) – Rosolska, Hibinova (Pol./Jap.) 6: 2, 3: 6, 10: 6 |
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