This Wednesday, the French Kristina Mladenovic, 62nd player in the world and seeded No. 3, was eliminated in the round of 16 at Nur-Sultan by the Russian Anastasia Potapova, 80th player in the world, in three sets (1-6, 6- 4, 6-3) and 2:07 of play.
One turn but not two. This Wednesday, the French Kristina Mladenovic, 62nd player in the world and seeded n ° 3, was eliminated in the round of 16 of the WTA 250 tournament in Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, on hard indoor, by the Russian Anastasia Potapova, 80th player in the world and beneficiary of a wild card, in three sets (1-6, 6-4, 6-3) and 2:07 of play. However, everything had started perfectly well for the Frenchwoman. In the first round, the latter even went it alone. After a double entry break, the Habs saved a break point at 4-1, to end up with a new break and his third opportunity (6-1). In the second set, Kristina Mladenovic lost a first serve, white, to 1-1, before breaking in the wake. At the worst of times, at 4-4, and despite two first balls saved, the higher ranked of the two gave up a new serve. In the process, despite a break ball, the 62nd player in the world finally dropped this round (6-4). Finally, the third and last round was much more disjointed. The No. 3 seed only won his first serve, before giving up the last four. Despite two breakouts out of four, this was not enough to prevent the Russian from winning on a final break, white (6-3). It also goes for the Russian Varvara Gracheva, 88th player in the world and seeded No. 7, who released the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, 161st player in the world and after qualifying, in straight sets (6-2, 6-4) and 1h31 of play.
NUR-SULTAN (KAZAKHSTAN, WTA 250, stop indoor, 202 702€)
First edition
2nd round
Putintseva (KAZ, n ° 1) – Lapko (BIE)
Gasanova (RUS) – Konjuh (CRO, n ° 5)
Potapova (RUS, WC) bat Mladenovic (FRA, n ° 3) : 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
Diyas (KAZ) – Peterson (SUE, n ° 6)
Burel (FRA, n ° 8) – Cristian (ROU)
Krunic (SER, Q) – Juvan (SLO)
Gracheva (RUS) bat Tsurenko (UKR, Q) : 6-2, 6-4
Friedsam (ALL) – Van Uytvanck (BEL, n°2)
1st round
Putintseva (KAZ, n ° 1) bat Gorgodze (GEO) : 6-1, 6-2
Lapko (BIE) bat Niemeier (ALL) : 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Gasanova (RUS) bat Hatouka (BIE, Q) : 6-1, 6-1
Konjuh (CRO, n ° 5) bat Radwanska (POL, LL) : 7-6 (6), 6-1
Mladenovic (FRA, n ° 3) bat Danilina (KAZ, WC): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
Potapova (RUS, WC) bat Pattinama Kerkhove (PBS): 7-5, 6-1
Diyas (KAZ) bat Zakharova (RUS, Q) bat: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5
Peterson (SUE, n°6) bat Voegele (SUI): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Burel (FRA, n ° 8) bat Minella (LUX) : 5-2 abandon
Cristian (ROU) bat Vikhlyantseva (RUS, Q) : 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Krunic (SER, Q) bat Boulter (GBR, Q) : 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Juvan (SLO) bat Minnen (BEL, n ° 4): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
Gracheva (RUS) bat Kr.Pliskova (RTC): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Tsurenko (UKR, Q) bat Diatchenko (RUS) : 6-1, 3-1, abandon
Friedsam (ALL) bat Rodionova (AUS): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Van Uytvanck (BEL, n°2) bat Kulambayeva (KAZ, WC): 6-3, 6-4
