the Russian tennis player, 28-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova in the third round of the Australian Open in straight sets in one hour lost to the representative of the Czech Republic Petra Kvitova– 1:6, 2:6.
the First racket of Russia three times filed through and made five double faults, and Kvitova, occupies the eighth place in rating WTA, the four aces, no double faults and implemented four break-points out of six.
Thus, Alexandrov leaves the Australian Open, and Kvitova went out in the 1/8 finals, where they will play the winner of the confrontation between Madison keys (USA, 11) – Maria Zaccari (Greece, 23).
Recall, the Australian Open is the first in – season tournament series Grand slam. The prize Fund of the contest composes of 49.1 million dollars. Last year, the tournament champion in men’s category was the Serb Novak Djokovic, while the female Japanese Naomi Osaka.
