{"id":45377,"date":"2024-01-08T15:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/krejcikova-badosa-crash-out-in-adelaide-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:41:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:41:58","slug":"krejcikova-badosa-crash-out-in-adelaide-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/krejcikova-badosa-crash-out-in-adelaide-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Krejcikova, Badosa crash out in Adelaide | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova and fifth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia were high-profile casualties on day one of the ATP-WTA Adelaide International on Monday, both crashing out to qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Czech fourth seed Krejcikova<\/a> was beaten by Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 while Brazil’s Haddad Maia met the same fate at the hands of another Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, losing 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n

“It was a great match, she’s a very good fighter,” the 75th-ranked Kalinskaya said of Krejcikova, who was playing her first match of the season ahead of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

“She made the match very complicated. I’m happy I won, I’m playing better tennis every day.”<\/p>\n

Kalinskaya, who needed nearly three hours to see off her opponent, now awaits the winner between American Claire Liu and Russian world number 15 Daria Kasatkina.<\/p>\n

The 59th-ranked Pavlyuchenkova, who lost to Krejcikova in the 2021 French Open final, advanced with 29 winners, breaking Haddad Maia three times.<\/p>\n

“I tried to follow my game plan. She’s a fighter and if you give her a chance to come back, she will,” said Pavlyuchenkova.<\/p>\n

She will next play either big-serving Karolina Pliskova or 49th-ranked Katerina Siniakova.<\/p>\n

Former world number two Paula Badosa was also defeated on her comeback from injury, beaten 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 by American Bernarda Pera.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Badosa missed the second half of 2023 with a stress fracture of the back.<\/p>\n

Top seed Elena Rybakina, who beat reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the Brisbane International on Sunday, had a first-round bye.<\/p>\n

Her round of 16 opponent will be Cristina Bucsa after the Spaniard defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n

Rain played havoc at the WTA Hobart International, but top seed Elise Mertens safely went through, overcoming American Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n