Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova crashed out of the Australian Open at the first hurdle Monday, succumbing to Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-2. Vondrousova, who beat Australian Open sixth seed Ons Jabeur for her breakthrough at the All England Club in July, was broken again at the start of the second set and there was no way back. "Today was a really nice game," said Yastremska, who hit 26 winners to Vondrousova's five. It was her fourth career win over a top-10 player, most recently beating then world number three Barbora Krejcikova in Dubai in 2022. Yastremska, whose best showing at Melbourne Park is a third-round appearance in 2019, will next play France's Varvara Gracheva, who is unseeded.

Source: Hindustan Times January 15, 2024 21:42 UTC