Nthe urine Prizas He was eliminated in the first round of the WTA 1,000 Canadianwhich is disputed in Torontolosing 6-3 and 6-4 against Serena Williams. It was the first time in her career that the 31-year-old from Granada faced Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and who played the entire match with a plaster that covered much of her cheek to help her. to fight a sinusitis.
Nuria played as ‘lucky loser’because he had to dispute the previous one and fell in it before Cristina nut. However, as the second seed in the phase, they were able to take advantage of a last-minute drop. They have not been able to participate in the Canadian tournament Shelby Rogers Victoria said Azarenkain this case due to visa problems.
Nuria stood up to Serena. He was singing from an irregular start to the game and managed to recover a ‘break‘ in the first moto and had options in the second. But the American was superior.
Serena Williams, in her match against Nuria Prrizas / Photo: Christopher Katsarov – AP|
At the WTA 1,000 in Toronto Iga Swiatek and Annette Kontaveit They are first and second seeded. Also present on the Spanish side are Paula Badosa and Garby Muguruza, fourth and eighth seeds respectively; Sarah you smilewho will face the American Claire Liu, and Cristina nut, who will face China’s Shuai Zhang. Badosa debut against the winner of Sebov-Putintseva and Muguruza, against the Osaka-Kanepi. Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula complete the list of top seeds.
In other meetings of the day, Simona Halep has defeated Donna Vekic 6-0, 6-2, Rybakina and Bouzkova 7-5, 6-7, 6-1, Haddad Trevisan 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, Ostapenko a Kalinina 6-4, 6-2 y Pliskova and Krejcikova 6-3, 6-4
