Tuesday became a black day for Czech tennis players. There were eleven of them in various tournaments in action, but only one succeeded. Petra Kvitová managed with the Croatian Donna Vekičová 6: 1 and 7: 6 in the first round of the grass tournament in Eastbourne. The paradox is that both Krejčíková, Siniaková, Plíšková and Bouzková and Sorribes won the first set in doubles against returning Serena Williams with Ons Džabúrová.
Tuesday afternoon was also in the spirit of the inaugural qualifying round at the upcoming Wimbledon. Six Czechs, who, apart from Smitková, made a grand slam qualifying debut, joined in, but none of them succeeded. Anna Sisková had her premiere, and she entered it very well. She clearly won the first set 6: 1, but she lost the second one by the same proportion and even took a canary from the American Louis Chirico in the decisive set.
“Since I have lost the match now, the feelings are not the best. “
Dramatic match on Court 10 between Linda Fruhvirtova and Tessah Adrianjafitrimo.
Adrianjafitrimo has served for it twice, Fruhvirtova’s broken back twice. Ten-point tiebreak to decide who reaches R2. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/4kNnGhR9pO
– Oli Dickson Jefford (@odicksonjefford) June 21, 2022
Even the talented Linda Fruhvirtová, who is the best of all six Czech tennis players in the world rankings (175th), failed to make her premiere. However, she fought a three-hour battle against the Frenchwoman Tessah Andrianjafitrim, which she eventually lost 6: 2, 4: 6 and 6: 7 (6:10).
The champion from the recent ITF tournament in Česká Lípa, 16-year-old Sára Bejlek, lost to American Emina Bektasová 6: 7 and 3: 6. Miriam Kolodziejová was not enough for the favored German Nastasja Schunková and after an hour and a half she lost 1: 6 and 4: 6.
16 yo rising star Sára Bejlek grabbed her third pro title winning the Battle of the Czechs against 27 yo Jesika Malečková in Česká Lípa W60 final by 64 64, and she’s now eyeing top 200.
Congrats to Jesika on a very good week
PARADE SARO ???????????????????? !!! pic.twitter.com/lf6PwAhdDi
— Simone Curto (@CurtoSimone) June 19, 2022
The only experienced Czech in qualifying was the eight-finalist of the 2014 tournament Tereza Smitková, who left the court after an hour and a quarter. In the second set, she didn’t even use the setball at 5: 4 and 40:30 on the return. In the end, she lost 3: 6 and 5: 7. “It’s a pity I didn’t take some chances. I led in the second set for a long time, then unfortunately my first service left. It cost me a lot of energy, “said the 27-year-old Czech after the match.
| Wimbledon Tennis Qualifiers in London (Grass): |
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| Women & # 39; s Round 1: |
| Bucsaova (4-Sp.) – Maleckova (CZE) 6: 2, 6: 1, |
| Andrianjafitrimova (12-Fr.) – L. Fruhvirtova (CZE) 2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (10: 6), |
| Schunková (21-Germany) – Kolodziejová (CZE) 6: 1, 6: 4, |
| Bektasova (USA) – Bejlek (CZE) 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3, |
| Chiricová (USA) – Sisková (CZE) 1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 0, |
| Ponchetová (Fr.) – Smitková (CZE) 6: 3, 7: 5. |
