Dayana Yastremska made the first big surprise at the Australian Open-2024, the athlete from Ukraine clearly beat Marketa Vondrousova (champion of Wimbledon-2023).
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Marketa Vondrousova beat Dayana Yastremska at the Australian Open 2024
Ranked 93rd in the world, Yastremska entered the main draw after living up to her status as the top seed in qualifying (beating Lea Boskovic, Valentina Grammatikopoulou and Maya Joynt).
The Ukrainian needed only one hour and 16 minutes to defeat Czech Marketa Vondrousova (7th seed) with a score of 6-1, 6-2.
Marketa had a nightmare match at John Cain Arena: she committed 7 double faults and served only 5 game-winning shots (Diana’s 26).
In the next round, Dayana Yastremska will beat Varvara Grachova (39 WTA). The athlete, who decided to represent France, overcame the Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (79 WTA) with a score of 6-3, 6-4.
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Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.
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