When the organizers of Roland Garros gave a plan on Sunday evening games On Monday, we were sure among Polish journalists staying in Paris that Magda Linette He won't start his meeting with Clara Tauson too quickly. This duel was appointed as the fourth from 11:00 on court number four, two male and one female.
Shelf And Dunka, as expected, had to wait almost all day to start the match. They went out to the court only before 20:00 and ended just before 22:00. Despite this, there was not a single free space in the stands! Real crowds, among them mainly Poles.
Clara Tauson did better in this atmosphere. She dictated the pace of the game, took over the initiative, the first was broken by Magda Linette. The Polish woman bravely made up the loss of breaking in the first set twice. After one of the mistakes of his compatriot, a Danish journalist sitting right next to me caught his head. This offensive slider in the eighth game could have given a Tauson advantage. However, the error turned out to be without more serious consequences.
Polish fans did what they could
A moment later, the 22-year-old from Copenhagen accelerated, scattered the Polish woman around the court and broke her again. And then, unfortunately, she did not lose the application and won the 6: 4 set. Polish fans did what they could. Shouts “Magda, Magda”, “Hold!” You could hear almost every point. Dunka, however, played more solidly at key moments.
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Clara Tauson is one of the apparitions of this season. It is currently 22 in the world, in February she reached, among others To the finals in Dubai, where she lost only to Mirra Andriejew. Along the way, she beat, among others Leader of the ranking Aryna Sabalenka. For years, Tauson has been called “New Karolina Woźniacka” in Denmark and is slowly beginning to approach the highest level.
In the second set of Monday's clash we also watched a fierce fight. Tauson played like inspired, led 4: 2. Some fans began to leave the stands, and then the Polish woman returned. In the style of the rival, she hit all the plays along the line, each subsequent action was just winding up. Tauson, in turn, could not stand, began to get nervous, spread her hands. The number of her mistakes increased. From the 2: 4 state, Linette won the 6: 4 party.
Linette suddenly went out
It seemed that the Polish tennis player would come out on the third set, and suddenly went out. Several wrong decisions to go to the net without preparation when she was passed and Dunka got after that. She quickly jumped back to 4: 0, she played better and better. After the match she could finally smile, because throughout the meeting she was incredibly concentrated, as if she did not pay attention to the world around her.
After weaker performances in the first months of this year, Magda Linette (32. WTA) revived in spring. Hence, among others The quarter -finals of the WTA 1000 event in Miami, or the same stage in the already mentioned WTA 500 tournament in Strasbourg. On Paris Mączka she was already playing great names – even three years ago the second rocket of the world of ONS Jabeur and this is the first day of Roland Garros. This time, however, Clara Tauson turned out to be too strong. In the next match in Paris, Dunka will compete with Arantxa Rus (Netherlands, 94. WTA), who defeated Camila Osorio (Columbia, 51. WTA) 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4.