Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova and fifth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia have been high-profile casualties on day one of many ATP-WTA Adelaide Worldwide on Monday, each crashing out to qualifiers.
Czech fourth seed Krejcikova was overwhelmed by Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 whereas Brazil’s Haddad Maia met the identical destiny by the hands of one other Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, shedding 6-3, 6-4.
“It was an awesome match, she’s an excellent fighter,” the Seventy fifth-ranked Kalinskaya mentioned of Krejcikova, who was enjoying her first match of the season forward of the Australian Open.
“She made the match very sophisticated. I’m joyful I received, I’m enjoying higher tennis each day.”
Kalinskaya, who wanted practically three hours to see off her opponent, now awaits the winner between American Claire Liu and Russian world quantity 15 Daria Kasatkina.
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The 59th-ranked Pavlyuchenkova, who misplaced to Krejcikova within the 2021 French Open ultimate, superior with 29 winners, breaking Haddad Maia 3 times.
“I attempted to observe my recreation plan. She’s a fighter and should you give her an opportunity to come back again, she is going to,” mentioned Pavlyuchenkova.
She’s going to subsequent play both big-serving Karolina Pliskova or Forty ninth-ranked Katerina Siniakova.
Prime seed Elena Rybakina, who beat reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the Brisbane Worldwide on Sunday, had a first-round bye.
Her spherical of 16 opponent will likely be Cristina Bucsa after the Spaniard defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-3.
Rain performed havoc on the WTA Hobart Worldwide with solely two matches accomplished.
Prime seed Elise Mertens safely went by, overcoming American Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3.