The second seed Alina Sabalenka defeated the world’s 100th Slovenian Kaya Juwan 7-6(6) 6-1 in the second round at the Adelaide International on Wednesday Shocked and withdrew, Shelby Rogers defeated Maria Sakari 7-6(5). ) 2-6 6-4.
The world’s second-ranked Sabalenka reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and the US Open last year. Her serve struggled with her serve. She accumulated 18 double errors and lost to the 21st in the Australian Open. -Year-old player and committed 49 unforced errors. On the event.
Juventus won the first set after falling 2-0 and saved an inventory 6-5 in the tie-break, then took a 3-0 lead in the second game and achieved it within an hour and a half. victory.
“I really like the first set. I like the tightness of the game, the fierce competition and the very intense battle,” Juventus said after securing the quarter-final position.
“I feel a bit regretful at some point because I…knowing that her serve is not doing her best, we all know how it feels. I know she can do better.” Rogers directly beat Sa Cary played the second round at Wimbledon last year and looked forward to a repeat in Adelaide, but lost seven consecutive games after leading 2-0 in the second set.
World No. 6 Sakkari forced the tiebreaker, but Shelby fought back and ended the victory in 2 hours and 18 minutes.
“It’s great to start with such a big victory. I know it will be very difficult today,” Rogers said.
“She had an incredible season last year. She is such a great player, so I know I have to bring my best tennis, no matter what it looks like at the beginning of this year.”
Rogers will next face seventh seed Elena Rebakina, who defeated Czech qualifier Mary Buzkova 6-3 and 6-4.
The world’s number one Ash Barty will face Coco Gough of the United States later on Wednesday.
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