 "Adelaide International II: Barbora Krejcikova, Veronika Kudermetova roll on in Adelaide")
Adelaide: World number nine Veronika Kudermetova battled back to beat two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and join Barbora Krejcikova in the Adelaide International II second round on Tuesday. Kudermetova, who had a stunning 2022 in which she claimed almost 40 match wins, triumphed 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. “Of course I’m really happy about this win because it means a lot against Vika,” said Russia’s Kudermetova, 25, ahead of next week’s Australian Open.
So fresh, so clean!@BKrejcikova | #AdelaideTennis pic.twitter.com/EZbxadaZxZ
— wta (@WTA) January 10, 2023
“She’s a two-time Grand Slam champion so for me it’s really important to play against that (level of) player and beat them. With every win I have a little bit more confidence.” A resurgent Krejcikova, who was ranked as high as second in the world last year, won two titles and 10 of her last 11 singles matches to end 2022 on a roll. She brought that form to Adelaide, beating 2022 finalist Alison Riske-Amritraj of the United States 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) to start her season.
Getting it done ✅@AnisimovaAmanda takes down Samsonova 7-5, 6-3 in her #AdelaideTennis opener pic.twitter.com/6J9PNO8VEb
— wta (@WTA) January 10, 2023
The 2021 French Open champion, now ranked 21, won the last four games of the opening set and secured the match in straight sets after seeing a match point slip by at 6-2, 5-4. The Czech player’s reward is a clash with fifth seed Daria Kasatkina. American Amanda Anisimova, semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2019 and Wimbledon quarter-finalist last season, won her first tour-level match since August, overcoming error-strewn Russian Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 6-3.
Moving on!
— wta (@WTA) January 10, 2023
Zheng Qinwen is through round one defeating Shelby Rogers 4-6, 6-4, 6-0#AdelaideTennis pic.twitter.com/aDGWBWTDpF
Her progress was in stark contrast to last week’s performance in Adelaide I, where she claimed only three games in a first-round defeat to Kudermetova. China’s Zheng Qinwen set up a second-round contest with two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over American Shelby Rogers. In the men’s draw, world number 35 Tommy Paul won his season-opening match 6-4, 7-5 against Australian Christopher O’Connell. Other winners included Australian John Millman, Dutch veteran Robin Haase and South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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