Posted on February 3, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
Mathieu WARNIER
Angelique Kerber, Anett Kontaveit and Jennifer Brady certified for the second spherical of the Grampians Trophy, reserved for gamers who’ve undergone strict quarantine within the earlier two weeks.
The strict quarantine imposed by the Australian authorities did not cool Angelique Kerber. The German, twenty fifth on the planet, obtained the higher of Katerina Siniakova (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) for her entry into the operating within the Grampians Trophy. The quantity 8 seed might be against Ins Jabeur, scorer of Anna Blinkova (6-1, 6-1) for a spot within the quarterfinals. Seed quantity 6, Anett Kontaveit had no extra difficulties to dominate Christina McHale (6-1, 6-3) and thus discover Bethanie Mattek-Sands, victorious towards Barbora Strycova (7-6, 6-2) within the spherical of 16. A step that Jennifer Brady, seed quantity 7, may even see after her victory towards Svetlana Kuznetsova (6-3, 6-0) with Marta Koztyuk, who obtained the higher of Gabriela Dabrowski (6-0, 6-3), as the following opponent. Belinda Bencic, seeded quantity 2, now is aware of the identify of her opponent for her return to competitors. Sorana Cirstea, victorious Oksana Kalashnikova (6-1, 6-1) might be on the way in which to the Swiss whereas Victoria Azarenka, quantity 3 within the hierarchy might be against Yulia Putintseva, slayer of Georgina Garcia-Perez (7-6 , 6-4).
GRAMPIANS TROPHY, MELBOURNE (Australia, WTA 500, arduous exterior, € 196,056)
First version
1st spherical
Sakkari (GRE, n ° 5) – Bye
Fernandez (CAN) – Stephens (USA)
Jabeur (TUN) beats Blinkova (RUS): 6-1, 6-1
Kerber (ALL, # 8) beats Siniakova (RTC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Azarenka (BIE, n ° 3) – Bye
Putintseva (KAZ) beats Garcia Perez (ESP): 7-6 (1), 6-4
Mattek-Sands (USA) beats Strycova (RTC): 7-6 (3), 6-2
Kontaveit (EST, n ° 6) beats McHale (USA): 6-1, 6-3
Brady (USA, n ° 7) beats Kuznetsova (RUS): 6-3, 6-0
Kostyuk (UKR) beats Dabrowski (CAN): 6-0, 6-3
Krejcikova (RTC) beats Davis (USA): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Rybakina (KAZ, n ° 4) – Bye
Li (USA) beats Perez (AUS): 5-3 retirement
Kudermetova (RUS) beats Watson (GBR): 6-2, 6-2
Cirstea (ROU) beats Kalashnikova (GEO): 6-1, 6-1
Bencic (SUI, n ° 2) – Bye
