Maria Sakkari learned her opponent on her return to the tour, as Shelby Rogers won 2-0 sets (6-4, 6-2) against Canadian Bianca Andreescu (No. 54) and will face the Greek tennis player on Thursday (4 /08) for the second round of the event. In the past, Sakkari has faced the American twice, once at Wimbledon in 2021 and once at the Adelaide tournament last January, having the same number of defeats respectively. It is reminded that Maria Sakkari is the number one of the relevant table in the event, as she remained this week at No. 3 in the world ranking.
In the other results of the day, Naomi Osaka (No. 41) prevailed with a 2-1 set (6-4,3-6,6-1) against Qingwen Zheng (No. 51) and made an appointment for the strongest battle of the second round against the finalist of this year’s Roland Garros – Coco Goff (No. 11) – who easily beat Angelina Kalinica (No. 52) with 2-0 sets (6-1, 6-0).
It is worth noting that in the other preparation tournament ahead of the big date at the end of August (US open) in Washington, the holder of the 2021 US open, Emma Radoukanou, started her duties with a victory, while Tatiana Maria, who had interrupted Sakkari’s course in British Grand Slam was defeated and eliminated from the first round.
All smiles from @Shelby_Rogers_ ????
She’s heading to round 2?? after a straight set victory here in San Jose ??@MubadalaSVC | #MubadalaSVC pic.twitter.com/ekwJbRa1jt
— TennisONE (@TennisONEApp) August 3, 2022
What are YOU doing Thursday night?
You won’t want to miss @CocoGauff v @naomiosaka in our prime time feature match!
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— Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic (@MubadalaSVC) August 3, 2022
In full flight??
An impressive win from @EmmaRaducanu wraps up Day 2 ??#CitiOpenpic.twitter.com/IcyhUUJh4f
— Citi Open (@CitiOpen) August 3, 2022
Edited by: Konstantinos Karalaios
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