Top seed Petra Kvitova played in the first round of Livesport Prague Open against Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova on Monday, but lost in three sets. Another home favourite Tereza Smitkova defeated Australian Maddison Inglis in straight sets. Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur lost to American Grace Min in three sets.
ORDER OF PLAY
– MONDAY, JULY 12, 2021
CENTRE
COURT starts at 10:00 AM First Round – [WC] S. Stosur (AUS) vs G. Min (USA) 3:6, 6:2, 3:6 First Round – [7] N. Stojanovic (SRB) vs [SR] V. Diatchenko
(RUS) 6:7(5), 6:1, 6:3 Opening
ceremony (5 mins) First Round – [1] P. Kvitova (CZE) vs [Q] R. Sramkova (SVK) 6:7(5), 6:3, 4:6 First Round – M. Inglis (AUS) vs T. Smitkova (CZE) 2:6, 2:6
COURT 1 starts at 10:00 AM First Round – G. Gatto-Monticone (ITA) vs [9] G. Minnen (BEL) 0:6, 6:4, 1:6 First Round – L. Cabrera (AUS) vs [Q] A. Muhammad (USA) 6:3, 2:6, 2:6 First Round – E. Liang (TPE) / G. Min (USA) vs [3] M.
Bouzkova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE) 2:6, 2:6 First Round – [WC] L. Klimovicova (CZE) / B. Palicova
(CZE) vs V. Diatchenko (RUS) / T. Martincova (CZE) 6:3, 4:6, 6:10
COURT 2 starts at 01:00 PM First Round – [WC] L. Havlickova (CZE) / M. Kolodziejova (CZE)
vs N. Bains (GBR) / S. Murray Sharan (GBR) 4:6, 3:6 First Round – G. Gatto-Monticone (ITA) / N. Parrizas Diaz
(ESP) vs E. Bektas (USA) / T. Moore (GBR) 3:6, 2:6
Photo: TK Sparta Praha, Pavel Lebeda/sport-pics.cz
