Jelena Ostapenko and Amanda Anisimova suffered first-round exits at the Dubai Tennis Championships just two days after competing in the Qatar Open final. (More Tennis News)
Anisimova, who beat Ostapenko in the showpiece match in Doha to claim the first WTA 1000 title of her career, was beaten by fellow American McCartney Kessler 6-2 6-3 on Monday.
Kessler's reward is a tie against world number three Coco Gauff.
Earlier in the day, Ostapenko was defeated in similarly convincing fashion, losing to qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-3 6-3 in one hour and 27 minutes.바카라 웹사이트
Indeed, it was the fourth time that the finalists of a WTA 1000 tournament lost their opening match in the following such event, after the 2014 Wuhan Open (Serena Williams and바카라 웹사이트Ana Ivanovic), 2023 Madrid Open (Petra Kvitova and Elena Rybakina) and 2025 Qatar Open (Aryna Sabalenka and바카라 웹사이트Qinwen Zheng).바카라 웹사이트
"Mentally, I was looking forward to it," Anisimova바카라 웹사이트said after her loss. "Obviously, I have confidence right now.
"But flying and not being able to test out the conditions –바카라 웹사이트I didn't step out on the court at all ahead of the match. Physically, I was having a very hard time. I was in a little bit of pain.
"McCartney was playing very well today. It was just a tough turnaround for me. I tried to find my game today, but it was pretty difficult physically.
"I am happy with the way I was trying to fight and do as much I could. It just really wasn't enough against high-level players here."
There was also disappointment for바카라 웹사이트Ons Jabeur, who battled admirably with a thigh injury but fell to defeat against바카라 웹사이트Peyton Stearns in straight sets.바카라 웹사이트
After losing the first set, the three-time grand slam runner-up received medical treatment but was unable to overcome the issue, bowing out after a 6-7 (6-8) 4-6 loss.바카라 웹사이트
Meanwhile, there was a victory for바카라 웹사이트Victoria Azarenka, who survived a three-set thriller against바카라 웹사이트Anhelina Kalinina.
Azarenka came from a set down to emerge바카라 웹사이트a 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 victor, closing out the two-hour and 52 minute clash at the fourth time of asking.
And with that triumph바카라 웹사이트came a little bit of history for the two-time grand slam winner, whose win saw her set-up a match against world number two Iga Swiatek.
Azarenka바카라 웹사이트equalled Caroline Wozniacki for the most WTA-1000 match wins on hard courts since the format라이브 바카라 introduction in 2009 (158).
Mirra Andreeva also safely made it through to the next round after ruthlessly dispatching바카라 웹사이트Elina Avanesyan 6-2 6-1.
Andreeva's victory saw her바카라 웹사이트become the player with the most main draw wins (18) in WTA-1000 events before turning 18.
The teenager will play바카라 웹사이트Marketa Vondrousova in the round of 32.바카라 웹사이트
