WTA Chicago: Bencic and Svitolina win, Andreescu and Petkovic lose
Belinda Bencic and Elina Svitolina made their opening games at the WTA 500 tournament in Chicago successful. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Bianca Andreescu , on the other hand, just like the German Andrea Petkovic, have already had to give up the sails.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Sep 29, 2021, 10:12 pm
Good start for the top two players in the top half of the Chicago WTA 500 table. The top seeded Elina Svitolina won after a bye at the beginning with 6: 4 and 6: 3 against Amanda Anisimova, also the third-placed Olympic champion Belinda Bencic had with Maddison Inglis in her 5: 7, 6: 1 and 6: 0- Ultimately, success has few problems.
Bencic's final opponent from Tokyo, Marketa Vondrousova, also made it into the round of 16: The Czech beat number four of the tournament Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6: 3 and 6: 2. Bianca Andreescu also suffered a defeat - the 2019 US Open winner was defeated by Shelby Rogers 4-6 and 5-7.
Peaceful loses in Nur-Sultan
Also eliminated is the German Andrea Petkovic. The 34-year-old from Darmstadt lost to the American Jessica Pegula, who was seeded in ninth place, 2: 6, 5: 7. At the US Open in early September, Petkovic also failed in the second round.
Meanwhile, at the tournament in Nur-Sultan, Anna-Lena Friedsam missed the quarter-finals. The 27-year-old tennis player from Neuwied lost to second-placed Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck after 1:58 hours with 4: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6.