Athletistic / Tennis. Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Swiss Victoria Golubic to meet in first round of Australian Open
SPORT.RU invites you to a live online text broadcast of this meeting:
Tennis. Australian Open. First round. Golubich – Kudermetova. Direct
On Monday, January 15, another portion of the competition’s first round matches will take place at the Australian Open. Eight Russians will participate in the women’s singles draw. Among them will be the third racket of our country, Veronika Kudermetova, who will compete for access to the next round with Swiss tennis player Victoria Golubic. So far, in personal meetings between athletes, the advantage is not on the side of the Russian.
Veronika Kudermetova begins the first major tournament of the year as the 16th racket in the world. Before the start of the Australian Open, the 26-year-old Russian managed to participate in two tournaments. In Brisbane, the Kazan native lost in the third round of the competition to her compatriot Anastasia Potapova (5:7, 7:6, 4:6). And in Adelaide, in the second round, Kudermetova was weaker than another representative of Russia, Ekaterina Alexandrova (4:6, 4:6). On the one hand, before the start of the first Slam, Veronica played only four matches and perhaps failed to fully find her game. On the other hand, early defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide gave our tennis player the opportunity to recover well and conduct several important workouts.
Victoria Golubic arrived at the Australian Open as the 90th racket in the world. But after the first day of the tournament, the 31-year-old Swiss tennis player improved her ranking on the WTA Tour by five places. At the same time, the best place in Golubic’s career is 35th place, which she reached almost two years ago. Before heading to Melbourne, Victoria only played one tournament in the new season. In Hobart, the Swiss lost in the first round to Czech tennis player Marie Bouzkova in straight sets – 2:6, 4:6.
As for personal meetings, Kudermetova and Golubic met only once. This has also happened at a Grand Slam – at Wimbledon 2021 and also in the first round. Then Veronica won the first set (6:3), but lost in the second (1:6), after which she lost the tiebreaker 9:11.
Tennis. Australian Open. First round. Golubich – Kudermetova. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU January 15 no earlier than 9:00 Moscow time
Source: Sport
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