The new season was started on Wednesday by the world second-place owner Arina Sabaļenka from Belarus, who lost to Kaja Yuva from Slovenia in the second round of the Adelaide “WTA 500” tournament.
Sabalinka made 18 double mistakes and lost less than 6-7 (6: 8), 1-6 in less than an hour and a half.
In the second set, the Belarusian was able to win only four points at his service.
With this victory, Juvana will rise from 100th place in the WTA rankings to at least 83rd place next week.
In another match, the world’s sixth racket, Maria Sakari from Greece, lost, taking the lead with American Shelby Rogers (40th place) in 6-7 (5: 7), 6-2, 4-6.
In the quarterfinals of the tournament, Juvana will meet with Anastasia Gasonova from Russia (WTA 130) or Misaki Doi from Japan (WTA 105), while Juvana’s opponent will be Kazakhstan’s Yelena Ribakina (WTA 14).
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