WTA Indian Wells: disillusionment for Emma Raducanu
US Open winner Emma Raducanu failed her first appearance at the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. The British lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in two sentences.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Oct 09, 2021, 06:33 am
Disillusionment for Emma Raducanu right at the start of the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Indian Wells: The US Open winner, who had not played a match since her triumph in New York City, had to beat the experienced Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6 and give 4: 6 beaten. On her way to triumph in the last major of the year, Raducanu had not given up a set in the qualification or in the seven matches in the main draw.
The 18-year-old Briton is still waiting for her first victory on the “regular” WTA tour: all the successes that have now lifted Raducanu to 23rd position in the WTA charts came from Grand Slam events. First the entry into the round of 16 at Wimbledon, then the run in New York City. However: The conditions in Indian Wells, where the ball bounces off very high, are only peripherally similar to those on the London lawn and the fast hard court at the US Open.
Halep, Kvitova, Swiatek successful
Simona Halep , on the other hand, is always good for a match win. And that for many years. Halep (like Raducanu) broke up with her coach Darren Cahill a few days ago, and the 2019 Wimbledon winner had to survive a tight first set against Marta Kostyuk from Ukraine. In the end, however, he was quite sure with 7: 6 (2) and 6: 1. Petra Kvitova had no problems in the 6: 2 and 6: 2 against Arantxa Rus.
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Iga Swiatek , 2020 French Open winner, also solved her opening task with ease. The Polish started against Petra Martic, who was looked after by the German Michael Geserer, like a shot, won 6: 1 and 6: 3 after a few minor interim lows. Swiatek still has to collect points to safely qualify for the WTA final tournament, which will be held in Guadalajara this year.
Here the single tableau in Indian Wells
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