Tennis News: Hobart International’s surprising first defeat of the 2023 season didn’t last long because of American tennis player Lauren Davis.
After floundering in qualifying, the world No. 84 spent several days in Hobart and endured windy conditions, so she was able to find a way to beat the fourth seed and her compatriot Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-2 in the of the first Hobart International.
The 29-year-old, who reached the quarter-finals of the last edition of the tournament in 2020, needed less than 90 minutes to reach the second round.
Stephens, who also lost in the first round of the ASB Classic last week, had to do his best to come back from 0-5 down in the second set by winning back-to-back matches and scoring game points before the volley of Stephens does not come back in the net. give victory to his adversary.
“It was an awesome game, the conditions were very windy, so actually the conditions were very difficult to overcome,” Davis said.
“It was weird because the tide was turning, but I feel good about the way I handled it. I didn’t feel too frustrated, a bit stressed towards the end, but I’m happy with it all.
“I feel like I’m playing well and the most important thing is that I’m doing well.”
In the second round of Hobart International, Davis will meet Tamara Zidansek or Ysaline Bonaventure.
In other action, wildcard host tennis player Talia Gibson took on German tennis player Tatjana Maria in her WTA tournament debut.
In the match which brought together the youngest tennis player of the tournament, the 18-year-old tennis player, Gibson against the oldest player, the 35-year-old player, Maria, the German national showed the experience that she had gained and won convincingly 6-3, 6-2.
Waiting for Maria in the second round, fifth seed Anhelina Kalinina crushed Canadian tennis player Rebecca Marino 6-2 6-1.
The first seed, Marie Bouzkova also qualified for the second round of the Hobart International with plenty of struggles. The Czech trailed 5-2 in the first round before battling to force a tiebreaker and beat Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 7-6 6-3.
Bouzkova’s next task is to fight Lucia Bronzetti or Anna Blinkova.
The only match that had to go through three sets on the first day of the tournament came when German tennis player Laura Siegemund defeated Czech Tereza Martincova 5-7 6-1 6-2. In the second round, she will meet one of the American players, namely the sixth seed, Bernarda Pera or Madison Brengle.
Article tags: Tennis, Hobart International, Lauren Davis, Sloane Stephens
Published by Ligaolahraga.com at https://www.ligaolahraga.com/tenis/lauren-davis-tenggelamkan-rek-senegara-di-hobart
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