Stephens Out in the Opening Day
The US Open Champion Sloane Stephens and Elina Svitolina had the bitter experience after suffering day one defeats. Stephens was out in the first-round. It shocked both the player and the fans.
The US Open champion Sloane Stephens and the fifth seed Elina Svitolina were experiencing the loss in the opening day of the Wimbledon women’s singles. The fourth-seeded American player was on the 6-1 6-3 loss to world #55 Donna Vekic from Croatia. Vekic caused the loss of Stephens with the big hitting.
Meanwhile, Svitolina was losing from Tatjana Maria, German world #57. After a late-night finish, Maria had been through the scores 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-1. But the fate does not speak the same for Venus Williams, and Caroline Wozniacki since both of them could go through.
In the other side, Wozniacki, the Australian Open champion would need 59 minutes to beat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-0 6-3.
We still remember that Garbine Muguruza is beaten Williams in the last year’s final. The Five-time winner Williams recently won over Sweden’s Johanna Larsson in three sets. And the match was slowly happening. Larsson had never won in her seven previous Wimbledon visits. However, she managed to win the opening set on a tie-break. But Williams had better opportunities so that she could win 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-1.
Okay, let’s go back to Vekic story. The winning is the first victory after the early round exits to Williams and Johanna Konta in the past two years. Vekic stated that she tried to be aggressive in each match she was involved in. She managed to give the best service in the wind. With such good improvement, she was pretty confident to beat whoever her opponent. She played in all tournaments to accumulate the experiences and tried to be better from time to time.
Sloane Stephens, the US Open champion crashed out in the first round. The defeat was the straight-sets to Donna Vekic. It is of course beyond the expectation of the fans and reviewers.
Stephens, on paper, has many achievements. Not to mention that she was the runner-up at the French Open last month.
Folks wouldn’t want to lie that it was a robust experience for the fourth seed. Vekic is indeed a tough opponent on the grass. But let’s not forget about the absence of the American player from the grass. She had not played since the loss to Simona Halep in Paris. In the tennis world, lack from the lawn for many days can affect the performances a lot. The match between Stephens and Vekic proved a lot since Vekic started dominating the game from the early minutes.
Vekic rushed to the first set below 30 minutes with two breaks of serve. But that was the disadvantage for her because Stephens made the lead 2-0 in the early game. But Stephens did not seem to leverage her gap because Vekic could turn the table by winning six of the next seven games.
It was a tough match. Both of the players admitted it. Vekic was joyful after getting such result. She tried to be aggressive and struggling with her serve. The windy situation in the court should affect both players’ performance. But Vekic seemed to manage her obstacles. As a result, Sloane Stephens, the US Open Champion knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon.
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It is slight bad news for Stephens since she exited the opening round for a second consecutive year. Stephens was out of Wimbledon after a 6-1, 6-3 defeat to Donna Vekic. Stephens was actually the contender for the title at the All England Club because of her great record in the 2017 US open. Vekic moved into the second round for the third time in her career.
It was actually a tough draw for the fourth seed as Vekic is a hard opponent on the grass. A straight-sets defeat is the result of the first round. The winning side of Vekic happened because Stephens could not maintain her position well. That’s why Vekic was able to win six of the next seven game to complete the first round exits.
