Top seed Sabalenka crash out of Quebec City event
Wednesday - September 12, 2018 10:14 pm ,
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Top seed Sabalenka crash out of Quebec City event
Quebec City (Canada) Sep 12 (IANS) Top-seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has crashed out of the Coupe Banque Nationale a WTA hard-court event in Quebec City losing 6-4 7-6 (7-5) to American Varvara Lepchenko.
The 20-year-old Sabalenka who is ranked No. 20 and is one of the most promising young stars on the WTA Tour was the only player to take a set off of eventual champion Naomi Osaka at the just-concluded US Open in New York reports Efe news.
But Lepchenko pulled off the upset on Tuesday thanks to her success on the big points.
The 110th-ranked American saved all three break points she faced in the first set and then in the second set fought off a determined comeback bid by Sabalenka who rallied from a break down and also nearly came back after trailing 0-4 in the tiebreaker.
Next up for Lepchenko in the second round will be the Czech Republic s Marie Bouzkova who brushed aside fellow qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria 6-2 6-1 on Tuesday.
Two other seeded players also crashed out in the first round.
German No. 7 seed Tatjana Maria lost 6-2 6-2 to Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino and sixth-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova fell 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 7-5 to Tunisia s Ons Jabeur.
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The 20-year-old Sabalenka who is ranked No. 20 and is one of the most promising young stars on the WTA Tour was the only player to take a set off of eventual champion Naomi Osaka at the just-concluded US Open in New York reports Efe news.
But Lepchenko pulled off the upset on Tuesday thanks to her success on the big points.
The 110th-ranked American saved all three break points she faced in the first set and then in the second set fought off a determined comeback bid by Sabalenka who rallied from a break down and also nearly came back after trailing 0-4 in the tiebreaker.
Next up for Lepchenko in the second round will be the Czech Republic s Marie Bouzkova who brushed aside fellow qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria 6-2 6-1 on Tuesday.
Two other seeded players also crashed out in the first round.
German No. 7 seed Tatjana Maria lost 6-2 6-2 to Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino and sixth-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova fell 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 7-5 to Tunisia s Ons Jabeur.
--IANS kk/sed
