The first racket of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (21 WTA) at the start of the WTA 500 Adelaide 2 tournament lost to the representative of the Czech Republic, the 16th racket of the world Petra Kvitova with a score of 3:6, 5:7, El.kz reports.
According to the press service of the FTC, the leader of the men's team of Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik (37 ATP) also played unsuccessfully yesterday. In the first round of the ATP 250 tournament in Auckland (New Zealand), he lost to the 53rd racket of the world Belgian David Goffin – 3:6, 4:6.
On September 10, Rybakina and Bublik will play at the same tournaments in doubles, and then the Kazakhstanis will begin preparations for the Australian Open.