WTA Dubai: Elina Svitolina and Belinda Bencic already out
Defending champion Belinda Bencic and Elina Svitolina were eliminated in the first round of the WTA Premier tournament in Dubai. While she played Swiss for three sentences, Svitolina sank without a sound.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Feb 18, 2020, 02:46 pm
One thing can be said after the Tuesday results at the WTA Premier tournament in Dubai: Those who had made it into the main field from the participants through qualification could also look forward to the first round of the strong field. Above all, Jennifer Brady: The American qualifier had no problems with Elina Svitolina, who won the tournament in Dubai in 2017 and 2018, and won after just one hour of play with 6: 2 and 6: 1. Brady had won against world number one Ashleigh barty in Brisbane earlier this year.
Katerina Siniakova (who now defeated Karolina Muchova on Tuesday) and Kristina Mladenovic were also tormented by the qualification mills. The French entered the second round with a success through Aliaksandra Sasnovich. However, the Belarusian had also gone into the preliminary round.
Belinda Bencic also made a short appearance: Last year the Swiss had triumphed in Dubai, now it was time to say goodbye in round one after the 6: 1, 1: 6 and 1: 6 against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.