Jucătoarea germană de tenis Angelique Kerber, numărul doi mondial, și spaniola Garbine Muguruza, numărul 4 WTA, au pierdut meciurile susținute sâmbătă în runda a doua a turneului WTA Premier de la Indian Wells (California) și au părăsit prematur competiția dotată cu premii totale de 6.134.605 dolari, informează agerpres.ro.
Kerber a fost întrecută de cehoaica Denisa Allertova (64 WTA), cu 7-5, 7-5, acesta fiind al doilea turneu consecutiv în care pierde meciul inaugural, după ce a fost eliminată la debut în competiția de la Doha.
Garbine Muguruza Blanco a fost învinsă de Christina McHale (SUA), numărul 62 mondial, cu 7-5, 6-1. Muguruza, care are un bilanț de două victorii și trei înfrângeri la ultimele trei turnee la care a participat, câștigase prima confruntare cu McHale, în 2014, în primul tur la Auckland, cu 6-4, 6-3.
O altă jucătoare spaniolă, Carla Suarez Navarro, cap de serie numărul șase, a declarat forfait din cauza unei accidentări la glezna dreaptă, iar locul său a fost luat de Anna-Lena Friedsam, venită din calificări, și învinsă de rusoaica Daria Kasatkina.
Daneza Caroline Wozniacki, fost lider mondial, cap de serie numărul 20 la turneul, californian, a fost eliminat de chinezoaica Shuai Zhang, cu 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5. Alți capi de serie învinși în turul al doilea sunt Sloane Stephens (N. 21), Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (N. 28), Daria Gavrilova (N. 31).
Rezultatele înregistrate sâmbătă în turul al doilea:
Ana Ivanovic (Serbia/N. 14) — Camila Giorgi (Italia) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Zhang Shuai (China) — Caroline Wozniacki (Danemarca/N. 20) 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5
Belinda Bencic (Elveția/N. 7) — Lauren Davis (SUA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Timea Bacsinszky (Elveția/N. 12) — Țvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-2, 6-1
Roberta Vinci (Italia/N. 9) — Margarita Gasparian (Rusia) 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5)
Monica Puig (Porto Rico) — Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovacia/N. 29) 6-1, 6-2
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovacia) — Daria Gavrilova (Australia/N. 21) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Denisa Allertova (Cehia) — Angelique Kerber (Germania/N. 2) 7-5, 7-5
Johanna Konta (Marea Britanie/N. 25) — Madison Brengle (SUA) 6-4, 6-0
Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) — Sloane Stephens (SUA/N. 21) 7-5, 7-5
Samantha Stosur (Australia/N. 26) — Yanina Wickmayer (Belgia) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus/N. 13) — Zarina Dias (Kazahstan) 6-3, 6-2
Daria Kasatkina (Rusia) — Anna-Lena Friedsam (Germania) 7-5, 6-3
Elina Svitolina (Ucraina/N. 17) — Annika Beck (Germania) 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-1
Christina McHale (SUA) — Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spania/N. 4) 7-5, 6-1
Karolina Pliskova (Cehia/N. 18) — Shelby Rogers (SUA) 6-2, 6-4
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