BAD HOMBURG, Germany – Mira Andreva misplaced her first match after successful the French Open on Wednesday, shedding to Ekaterina Alexandrova in her solely grass-court conditioning earlier than Wimbledon.
Two Russian gamers hug one another on-line as Alexandrova beats Andreeva and Warmth 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Dangerous Homburg Open.
Within the second set, the 19-year-old French Open champion pulled off a desk tennis-style trick shot that had a lot backspin that it landed on Alexandrova’s aspect of the court docket earlier than bouncing again onto the web, giving Andreva the purpose.
Alexandrova will subsequent face Naomi Osaka in Dangerous Homburg.
High seed Iga Swiatek additionally struggled together with her serve on Wednesday, shedding 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 to Emma Navarro. Swiatek dedicated six double faults within the first set alone. Navarro, who completed runner-up in Nottingham final week, has a report of 6-2 on grass courts this season and can face Elena Gabriela Ruse within the quarterfinals.
The highest three seeded gamers on this event all misplaced. Third-seeded French Open quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina withdrew from the quarterfinals Wednesday, citing health points, after defeating Liudmila Samsonova within the second spherical.
“It took slightly longer than anticipated to get out of my physique, so I would like just a few extra days to get better,” she mentioned in a video assertion.
