On Monday, Ana Bohdan reached the second round of the WTA tournament in Adelaide. On the 66th place in the world ranking, our player beat Katie Boulter (57 WTA) from Great Britain, the score was 6-3, 6-4.

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The first set was balanced, the difference was in game number eight, in which Ana made the only break in the set (6-3).

The second set was more dramatic, with Boulter leading 2-0, followed by a run of four straight games, which was reversed by Ana.

There was no break, so Bohdan won with a score of 6-4 and thus reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Brisbane. The game lasted one hour and 47 minutes.

Know:

  • In the second round, Ana Bohdan will meet the winner of the match between Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia – 7th favorite, 14th WTA) and Laura Siegemund (Germany – 89th in the world).
  • For reaching the second round, Ana Bohdan will receive $13,170 and 60 WTA points in the singles ranking.
  • We will remind, Ana Bohdan was eliminated in the qualification of the tournament in Brisbane: 2-6, 2-6 with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (60 WTA, favorite 5 in the qualification).
  • What is a lucky loser?: a player who lost a match in the qualifiers, but still enters the main draw to replace a qualified athlete, but has to withdraw for various reasons (injury, personal issues, etc.).

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).