Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard crashed out within the first spherical of qualifying for this 12 months’s match.
The 28-year-old Canadian has struggled with accidents and kind since being defeated by Petra Kvitova within the 2014 closing, and has dropped to 218th on the earth in consequence.
Bouchard has not progressed past the quarter-finals in any match since March 2021 and suffered extra disappointment by the hands of Belgian Greet Minnen, the world quantity 120, in her opening match at Roehampton, shedding 6-4 7-5.
Another former finalist from 2010, Vera Zvonareva, fared higher with a three-set victory over Brazil’s Laura Pigossi in virtually three hours.
The 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who reached the third spherical on the French Open, progressed with an easy 6-3 6-1 win over Spaniard Rosa Vicens Mas.
Britons Naiktha Bains and Yuriko Miyazaki each progressed to the following spherical with victories over Ukraine’s Katarina Zavatska and South Korea’s Han Na-lae respectively.
Hannah Klugman, aged 14, and 15-year-old Mingge Xu’s first experiences of qualifying led to defeat, the previous shedding 6-1 7-6 (6) to Reka Luca Jani, at 31 greater than twice her age, and Xu happening 7-5 6-4 to Australia’s Storm Hunter.
Players must win three matches to safe a spot in the primary draw.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
