Fruhvirtová, who rose to 51st place in the WTA rankings thanks to her participation in the round of 16 of the Australian Open, was the paper favorite before the match. Former world number 22 Zidanšeková, who is currently trying to return to the top 100, entered the match better and won the opening set 6:3.
In the second, the elder of the Fruhvirt sisters was close to being eliminated, but from 1:4 she won five games in a row and forced the third set. In it, she was the first to take the lead, but immediately lost the advantage of the break.
Her loss grew to 2:5 and this time she failed to turn around. Although she reduced it to 4:5, she offered the 2021 Roland Garros semifinalist three match points on her own serve, and Zidanšeková used the second chance.
| Women’s tournament in Chua Chin, Thailand (hard surface, $259,303 endowment): |
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| Singles – 2nd round: |
| Zidanšeková (Slovenia) – L. Fruhvirtová (8-CR) 6:3, 4:6, 6:4 |
| Wang Sin-ju (7-China) – Björklundová (Sweden.) 6:3, 6:3 |
| Chu Lin (China) – Chang So-chong (Korea) 6:4, 7:6 (8:6) |
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