Having entered the main draw thanks to a wild card, Sofia Kenin recorded a painful defeat in the first round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.

Sofia Kenin suffered a serious defeat in the first round of WTA Dubai

The athlete from the USA (210th place in the world ranking) won only two games in the match with Marie Buzkova (26 WTA), Sofia’s defeat was serious, the score was 1-6, 1-6. The game lasted only 61 minutes.

Australian Open 2020 Grand Slam champion Kenin has been having very poor seasons since her excellent performance in Melbourne three years ago.

Just a few weeks after her triumph at Rod Laver Arena, Kenin rose to No. 4 in the WTA rankings, a career-high.

Know:

• For Sofia Kenin, this is already the fifth defeat this year, the best result this season was the WTA semifinals in Hobart (category 250) in January.

• Since 2020 (the season in which he won the Australian Open), Kenin has not triumphed in any tournament. In 2021, he had 11 wins and 10 losses, and in 2022 he won ten times, but lost another 17 controversial games.

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 19 to 25 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $2,788,468. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the last edition went to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.

At this year’s competition, Iha Svyatek (1), Aryna Sabalenko (2), Jessica Pegula (3), Caroline Garcia (4), Coco Gauf (5), Maria Sakkari (6), Daria Kasatkina (7) are seeded. ) and Belinda Bencic (8).

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