Wimbledon champion Barbora Klezikova saved two match factors with a serve from British opponent Harriet Grime and rallyed to win the opening match on the Grass Court docket Eastbourne Open on Tuesday.
Grime was 40-15 with a serve main 5-4 within the decisive third set of 32 matches affected by the rain, the place second-seeded Krezikova gained 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5.
This 12 months was the second win for seventeenth place Krezikova, however that season did not start till Could as a consequence of a again harm.
The 29-year-old Czech participant got here to Eastbourne for his remaining warm-up earlier than beginning his protection of the Wimbledon title subsequent week. She misplaced within the first spherical in her earlier Grass Court docket occasion at Queen’s Membership in London.
2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu dropped the primary set to win US Anne Lee 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1. The subsequent seventh seeded British participant faces Australian teenager Maya Joint. The Mayan joint eradicated Ons Jabeur, who had Tunisia’s two-inning Wimbledon beat the finalist twice on Monday.
Fourth seeded American Sofia Kenin misplaced her opening match 6-4, 6-4 with 77th Australian Kimberly Burrell.
