This year's Australian Open stirs up big emotions from the start, which are often associated with dramatic defeats for the big favourites. Laura Siegemund, Naomi Osaka, Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur were among those eliminated at an early stage. Unfortunately, Magda Lynette also had to leave the tournament in the first round. The Pole suffered an injury during the match against Caroline Wozniacki and had to withdraw.
Thursday Iga Świątek advanced to the next round after a fierce duel. The Pole defeated Danielle Collins 6:4, 3:6, 6:4 and can celebrate by advancing to the next round. She joined Magdalena Fręch, who unexpectedly won over Caroline Garcia, who was ranked much higher than her. The Frenchwoman started by defeating Naomi Osaka.
Just hours after Świentek's win over Collins, we witnessed another amazing sensation at the Australian Open. Jessica Pegula was eliminated from the tournament in the second round. The American lost to Clara Burrell 4:6, 2:6. Last year, the 29-year-old reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, where she lost only to Victoria Azarenka. But she clearly lost the pressure on Thursday.
Jessica Pegula says goodbye to the Australian Open after the second round
Burrell served the ball brilliantly, clearly overpowering her more experienced opponent from the start. However, she lost her serve. After a while, Pegula broke herself and later took the lead 3:2. However, the world's fifth racket was not going to sell his skins cheap.
When the score was 5:4 for Burrell, Jessica Pegula dropped her serve after a very long game, resulting in a 4:6 first set win. This was her first serious indication that things were not going the way she wanted. In the second set, her game clearly collapsed and she gave almost the entire court to her younger opponent. The Frenchwoman showed a much better return and made fewer errors.
The situation became desperate for Pegula. In the second set, Clara Burrell was already leading 5:1 and felt victory within her grasp. Pegula was already leading 40-0 on serve, but she quickly squandered the advantage, A.J The Frenchwoman, who had been smelling blood for a long time, completed the task and defeated the 2022 French Open finalist with a score of 6:1.. Then journalists and experts can announce another big surprise during this year's Australian Open.
The defeat to Claraboril, ranked 51st in the WTA rankings, was a huge blow. The American has reached at least the quarterfinals at the Australian Open for three consecutive years. Furthermore, this was only her fourth defeat, including the win, in the competition with Daria Kasatkina since October 4, 2023.
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