Edited By: Amrit Santlani
Final Up to date: January 17, 2023, 11:22 IST
Garbine Muguruza in motion towards Elise Mertens (AP Photograph/Dita Alangkara)
Former world no 1 Garbine Muguruza suffered a 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1 upset by the hands of Elise Mertens of Belgium
Former world no 1 and two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza bowed out of the Australian Open 2023 within the first spherical.
She confronted off towards Elise Mertens of Belgium and the latter registered a comeback win sending Muguruza again residence.
The 2020 Australian Open finalist misplaced 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1 to the Twenty sixth-seeded Mertens. Whereas Muguruza started the competition very well, profitable the primary set with out breaking a lot sweat, within the second sport issues circled.
The 27-year-old Mertens fought again valiantly to maintain herself alive within the match and finally compelled a tie-breaker, profitable the second set.
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Having been shocked by her opponent, Muguruza utterly misplaced her momentum and the Belgian prevailed 6-1 within the last set, making it a one-sided finish to the competition.
The previous French Open and Wimbledon champion exits the Australian Open within the first spherical however the Spanish-Venezuelan athlete shall be hoping to bounce again from the setback.
In different outcomes on day two of the Melbourne showpiece, fourth seed Caroline Garcia additionally made her means into the second spherical, beating Canadia’s Katherine Sebov 6-3 6-0 in straight units.
Moreover, native crowd favourite Kimberly Birrell registered an enormous upset as she eradicated thirty first seed Kaia Kanepi.
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Apparently, Kimberly was given a route into the primary draw after Venus Williams pulled out of the Australian Open, and the previous produced a terrific comeback to take residence a memorable 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1 win.
Elsewhere, Dominic Thiem additionally suffered an analogous destiny to that of Muguruza as he was upset by Andrey Rublev, whereas the likes of Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Iga Swiatek all progressed into the second spherical.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal was additionally made to work laborious for his first win, as he battled previous Jack Draper, whereas Victoria Azarenka beat Sofia Kenin to advance on the latter’s expense.
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