Russian tennis players Ekaterina Alexandrova And Elena Vesnin failed to qualify for the second round of the doubles competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In the match of the 1/16 finals, the Russians lost to the representatives of the Czech Republic Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova – 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), 6:10. The meeting lasted 1 hour 45 minutes.
Muchova and Noskova will compete with American pair Cori Gauff/Jessica Pegula to advance to the third round of the competition.
Alexandrova also finished the fight in the individual tournament. For Vesnina, 37, these Olympics were the fifth of her career; she was entered only in doubles. The Russian became the champion of the 2016 Games in pairs and the silver medalist of Tokyo 2020 in mixed doubles.
The Olympic tennis tournament takes place on clay at Roland Garros.
2024 Olympic Games. Paris, France)
Tennis. Women. Doubles. First round
Karolina Muchova/Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) – Ekaterina Alexandrova/Elena Vesnina (Russia) – 2:6, 7:6 (7:5), 10:6
More sports news in our telegram channel .
Source : MatchTV
I’m Rose Brown , a journalist and writer with over 10 years of experience in the news industry. I specialize in covering tennis-related news for Athletistic, a leading sports media website. My writing is highly regarded for its quick turnaround and accuracy, as well as my ability to tell compelling stories about the sport.
