Adelaide International begins with major upsets

Czech fourth seed Krejcikova lost to Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. - WTAFormer French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova and fifth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia crashed out on the opening day of the ATP-WTA Adelaide International on Monday after suffering defeats at the hands of qualifiers. Czech fourth seed Krejcikova lost to Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 while Brazil's Haddad Maia went down against another Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-3, 6-4. "It was a great match, she's a very good fighter," the 75th-ranked Kalinskaya said of Krejcikova, who was featuring in her first match of the season ahead of the Australian Open."She made the match very complicated. I'm happy I won, I'm playing better tennis every day."Kalinskaya, who took nearly three hours to beat her opponent, will face the winner between American Claire Liu and Russian world number 15 Daria Kasatkina.The 59th-ranked Pavlyuchenkova, who was defeated by Krejcikova in the 2021 French Open final, moved ahead with 29 winners, breaking Haddad Maia three times."I tried to follow my game plan. She's a fighter and if you give her a chance to come back, she will," said Pavlyuchenkova.She will next play either big-serving Karolina Pliskova or 49th-ranked Katerina Siniakova.Top seed Elena Rybakina, who defeated reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to clinch the Brisbane International on Sunday, had a first-round bye.Her round of 16 clash will be against Cristina Bucsa after the Spaniard defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-3. Comments Submit مضمون کا ماخذ:raspadinha resultados