Ana Bohdan (seventh favorite of this stage of the competition) missed qualifying for the main draw of the “WTA 500” tournament in Adelaide.

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Ana Bohdan lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the WTA qualifiers in Adelaide

Bohdan (66 WTA) clearly lost to Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (60 WTA, favorite 5 in the qualification), score 6-2, 6-2.

The Roland Garros-2021 finalist needed an hour and 11 minutes to win.

Know:

  • It was Ana’s third match of the 2024 season, and the Romanian remained with only one win (against Kristina Mladenovic).
  • Ana Bohdan will receive $6,603 and 13 points in the WTA singles ranking for participating in the last qualifying round.
  • Romania will have only one representative in the main draw in Adelaide: Sorana Kirstea (26 WTA) will play Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko (12 WTA, favorite 7 and Roland Garros 2017 champion) in the first round.

Adelaide International (Australia) takes place from January 8 to 13 on hard. He has a total prize money of $922,573 and is a member of the “WTA 500”. The last champions are Esheli Barty (2020, 2022), Iga Sviatek (2021) and Belinda Bencic (2023).

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