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 | The former No. 1 Caroline Voznyatski and Samantha Stosur dropped out at Wimbledon2-07-2012 |
The former No. 1 women's tennis Carolyn Voznyatski dropped in the first round of Wimbledon. Tamira Pashek From Austria defeated the Dane with 5:7, 7:6 (4), 6:4. Pashek saved two match points in the second set, after which controlled the match until the end.
The champion from U.S. Open Samantha Stosur also left the tournament, but in the second round. Stosur succumbed to the 72nd ranked Arantxa Rus from Netherlands with 2:6, 6:0, 4:6.
So for the first time since 1939 in either men or women in Australian tennis player will play in the third round of Wimbledon. A total of nine Australians started the tournament, but only Stosur continued in the second round, where she also was defeated.
Herself sadly when she drop and said that is wasn't expecting. "It's like I had no enough energy, I do not know what happened, said the Australian, who was seeded fifth and last month reached the semifinals at Roland Garros. In fact, she anyway, can not boast with who knows what successes here.
In 2009, reaches 3rd round, but in 2010 and in 2011 left the tournament after the first match.
Kim Clijsters, who has four Grand Slam titles and played her last Wimbledon career continues in the third round after beating Andrea Hlavachkova from the Czech Republic with 6:3, 6:3. Romania's Soran Cirstea _ defeated the 11th in the scheme Na Li with 6:3, 6:4.
19-year-old American Sloane Stephens, who played for the first time at Wimbledon, is now in the third round. Teenage saved five set-singing in the first part against 23 th in the scheme Petra Chetkovska (Czech Republic) and won with 7:6 (6), 4:6, 6:3.