“Collins, Kalinskaya, Haddad Maya and Kostyuk dropped out of the 500 in Adelaideβ, β write: sport.ua
In one day, four tennis players from the top twenty left the competition at once: Danielle Collins (USA, WTA 11), Anna Kalinskaya (WTA 14), Beatrice Haddad Maia (Brazil, WTA 16) and Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine, WTA 18).
Collins in the 1st round, Ons Jaber (Tunisia, WTA 40) lost with a score of 6:7 (6:8), 2:6. Zhaber will next play against Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan, WTA 25).
Kalinskaya failed to finish the opening match against 2020 Olympic champion Belinda Bencic (Switzerland, WTA 421). After the first game of the second set, Anna retired due to feeling unwell. Bencic’s next opponent is Lyudmila Samsonova (WTA 26).
Haddad Maya in the first game on the 500, she lost to the 20th ranked player in the world, Maddison Keys (USA) – 2:6, 1:6. Keys will next meet with the reigning champion of the tournament Alyona Ostapenko (Latvia, WTA 17).
Kostiuk in the round of 16, Ashlyn Kruger (USA, WTA 54) lost in two games. Next, the American will meet the 12th seed Paula Badosa from Spain.