Markéta Vondroušová last year she went through a six-month medical break due to wrist surgery and only returned to the top circuit this year. The native of Sokolov has been one of the most stable players on the tour since the beginning of the season, and in recent months she has upgraded her excellent form to unexpected heights.
About a month and a half ago, she defeated Ons Jabeur on the famous London court, becoming the first unseeded Wimbledon champion in the open era of tennis and saying a final goodbye to failure in the final at the 2019 French Open. After the first Grand Slam title, there is often a lull, but the current Czech number one and a relatively new face in the TOP 10 ranking is not stopping.
Statistics of the match Na-Lae Han – Vondrousova
After solid performances in the form of the round of 16 in Montreal and the quarterfinals in Cincinnati, she confidently entered the last Grand Slam of the year. At the US Open, where she is starting after two years and was the furthest so far in the round of 2018, she started with an easy win over a qualifier and a player in the third hundred Na-Lae Han. She needed only 62 minutes to advance, the Korean only allowed to hold serve once and she reached it with a canary.
She is 1-2 in the second round at Flushing Meadows and has finished there in her last two visits to the venue. He will play with clay specialist Martina Trevisanová to break the series of failures.
Nosková – Brengleová 6:2, 6:1
Linda Noskova she had a great start to the season and after struggling on clay and grass courts, she got going again with the transition to the popular concrete. After the quarter-finals in Warsaw, you at the Livesport Prague Open she played her second WTA tournament final of the year and at the same time of her career, but she did not take advantage of the chance for the premier title and lost to lucky loser Nao Hibinová. She performed another successful performance by advancing from the qualification to the round of 16 of the “thousand” in Cincinnati.
He will want to capitalize on his improved performances and results in recent weeks at the US Open. At the final Grand Slam of the year, she made her first appearance last year and, after successfully qualifying, lost in the first round to compatriot Maria Bouzková. At the beginning of this year, however, she edged home Madison Brengle to claim her second career major draw win. At the recent French Open, Danka Koviničová gave up on her at this stage.
Statistics of the match Nosková – Brengleová
The Czech favorite dominated from the start of the match. Although she lost her own serve twice in the opening set, she did not allow the American to defend it even once and took the lead after 27 minutes. She needed one minute less to win the second set, in which she did not face any break point threat.
On Thursday, the talented teenager will be looking to improve on her Grand Slam record. In the second round at the French Open on clay, she failed to beat one of the biggest favorites Jelena Rybakinová in the second round, who then withdrew from the tournament. This time too, she will fight for participation among the top thirty-two with a representative of the TOP 10 ranking, namely last year’s finalist Ons Jabeurová. She sensationally defeated the Tunisian in January en route to the final in Adelaide.
The fifth seed Jabeurová recently experienced another big disappointment at Wimbledon when she lost to Markéta Vondroušová and did not even manage her third final at Grand Slam tournaments. He has another chance to win the biggest title at the US Open. Last year’s finalist in the first round, despite nausea, pushed Camila Osori 7:5, 7:6 after two hours of fighting.
Kruegerová – Bouzková 5:7, 4:6
Marie Bouzková she struggled for a very long time during this season and she did not manage to follow up on last year’s life at all. She really caught on only at Wimbledon, where she could repeat last year’s quarter-final participation and in the round of 16 she lost to later champion and compatriot Markéta Vondroušová. After failing as the defending champion in the first round of the Livesport Prague Open, she is also doing well on the popular North American concrete.
Before the start of the US Open, she participated in both major tournaments. In Montreal, she reached the round of 16 and in Cincinnati, thanks to the scalp of Jessica Pegula, she reached the quarterfinals, where she lost to Karolína Muchová after three games. But she apparently came to New York fit again, because in the opening round she managed an almost two-hour battle with the domestic wild card and the 120th ranked player Ashlyn Krueger.
Statistics of the match Kruegerová – Bouzková
The 31st seed had a slower start to the match, she lost her first two serves and quickly lost 1:4. Even thanks to the marathon eighth game, in which she averted six break points, she evened the score and was better in the end. In the second set, on the other hand, the Czech favorite was the first to lead the break, but she did not keep the lead. However, she corrected the hesitation with a rebreak and converted the second match point in the following game.
Bouzková starts at the US Open, where she dominated the girls’ singles in 2014, for the seventh time and only the second time she will play in the second round. Last year, she was not good enough for Karolína Plíšková. This year, she will meet Petra Martičová in it and will aim for her first third round at a Grand Slam outside of the famous Wimbledon.
Plíšková – Ruseová 6:1, 6:4
Karolina Plíšková she entered the season with quarter-final appearances at the Australian Open and in Dubai, but in the last six months, she only advanced to the top eight at the end of April in Stuttgart, where she reached her last winning streak. In addition, she celebrated just three victories since the beginning of May, the last one on Tuesday at the US Open, where she dealt with a qualifier in the first round Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
The former world number one recently ended her cooperation with coach Sascha Bajin and is led by the Czech-Colombian coaching duo Michal Franěk and Carlos Martínez for the rest of the season. It is at the US Open that she could restart her career. In 2016, she played her first Grand Slam final at this venue and in five of her next six starts, she did not miss the second week.
Statistics of the match Pliskova – Ruseova
She started sharply against Ruse and won the opening set in just 28 minutes, in which she did not allow her opponent to win a service game. The second set was already more balanced, but the favorite averted all four break points in one game, in the seventh game the Romanian took serve and successfully brought the duel to a winning end. 11 aces helped her progress.
At this year’s French Open and at Wimbledon, she failed in the first round, but she did not hesitate in New York and improved her record in opening round matches at Grand Slams to 35:9. She recently lost a 25-game winning streak at this stage of the Big Four’s ventures in Paris. On Thursday, she will compete against Clara Burelová for the first time.
Vondroušová, Nosková, Bouzková and Plíšková expanded the Czech ranks in the second round of this year’s US Open. Already on Monday, Petra Kvitová, Karolína Muchová, 17-year-old qualifier Jakub Menšík and Jiří Veselý, starting on the protected ranking, made their way into it.
The article was originally published for Livesport Zprávy.
• US OPEN •
New York, USA, tv. surface, $65,000,020
Tuesday’s results (29/08/2023)
• Singles – 1st round •
Vondrousová (9-CR) – Na-Lae Han (Korea) 6:3, 6:0
Kar. Plíšková (25-CR) – Ruse (Romania) 6:1, 6:4
Bouzková (31-CR) – Krueger (USA) 7:5, 6:4
Nosková (Czech Republic) – Brengle (USA) 6:2, 6:1 Pegula (3-USA) – Giorgio (It.) 6:2, 6:2 Jabeur (5-Tun.) – Osori (Col.) 7:5, 7: 6 (7:4) Yafan Wang (China) – Garcia (7-Fr.) 6:4, 6:1 Kasatkin (13-) – Parks (USA) 2:6, 6:4, 6:2 Samsonov (14 -) – Liu (USA) 7:6 (7:3), 6:3 Keys (17-USA) – Rusova (Netherlands) 6:2, 6:4 Alexandrova (22-) – Fernandez (Can.) 7 :6 (7:4), 5:7, 6:4 Svitolina (26-Ukrainian) – Friedsam (German) 6:3, 6:1 Boulter (Britain) – Parry (Fr.) 6:4, 6:0 Korpatschová (Germany) – Beguová (Romania) 6:3, 6:2 Martičová (Croatia) – Mariaová (Germany) 6:2, 6:1 Wickmayerová (Belgium) – Zvonareva (-) 6 :4, 6:4 Burelová (Fr.) – Dolehideová (USA) 6:4, 6:3 Trevisanová (It.) – Putintsevová (Kaz.) 0:6, 7:6 (7:0), 7:6 (10:8) Stearnsová (USA) – Tomovová (Bulgaria) 6:3, 6:4 Tigová (Romania) – Marinová (Can.) 7:6 (8:6), 7:6 (7:1) Curenková (Ukr.) – Jacquemotová (Fr.) 7:5, 3:6, 6:1
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