Daria Saville and Emma Raducanu battled it out in the longest WTA match of the season on Tuesday night.
Ultimately, former World No.20 Saville outlasted top seed Raducanu in a physical battle that saw the US Open champion retire with a left hip injury as Saville held a 5-7, 7-6(4), 4-3 in the first round of the Abierto AKRON Zapopan.
| Results for Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Singles – First Round D. Saville (AUS) d. [1] E. Raducanu (GBR) 57 76(4) 43 ret. (left hip injury) [3] S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d. [WC] K. Volynets (USA) 64 61 [4] C. Osorio (COL) d. V. Tomova (BUL) 64 63 X. Wang (CHN) d. P. Udvardy (HUN) 64 46 61 M. Frech (POL) d. [WC] R. Zarazua (MEX) 76(5) 46 64 C. Paquet (FRA) d. [Q] R. Masarova (ESP) 75 75 [Q] H. Baptiste (USA) d. [Q] V. Kuzmova (SVK) 63 63 [Q] C. Dolehide (USA) d. L. Zhu (CHN) 46 63 64 Doubles – First Round [3] K. Christian (USA) / L. Marozava (BLR) d. [WC] L. Bronzetti (ITA) / S. Errani (ITA) 62 61 S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) / S. Stephens (USA) d. [4] C. Harrison (USA) / S. Santamaria (USA) 62 63 X. Wang (CHN) / L. Zhu (CHN) d. K. Bondarenko (UKR) / K. Piter (POL) 64 46 10-8 Order of Play for Wednesday, February 23, 2022 ESTADIO AKRON starts at 2pm Q. Wang (CHN) vs H. Tan (FRA) Not Before 4pm X. Wang (CHN) vs A. Kalinskaya (RUS) Not Before 7pm M. Bouzkova (CZE) vs [Q] L. Bronzetti (ITA) A. K. Schmiedlova (SVK) vs A. Potapova (RUS) COURT 1 starts at 2pm [SR] X. Han (CHN) / Y. Sizikova (RUS) vs E. Bektas (USA) / T. Moore (GBR) M. Doi (JPN) / M. Kato (JPN) vs D. Galfi (HUN) / N. Parrizas Diaz (ESP) [3] K. Christian (USA) / L. Marozava (BLR) vs N. Hibino (JPN) / P. Kania-Chodun (POL) |