Two-Time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova, on the Comeback Trail Seven Months after GIVING BURTH to A Son, was Osted in the first found at Indian Wells on Wells on Wee FRANCE by 70th-oranked Varvara Gracheva. The czech, who welcomed son petr last July, was playing her second tournament since her return from an 18-month maternity leave but remains in search of her first match win. Wednsday's Match Loked A Lot Like Her Loss to Jodie Burrage in Austin Last Week, With Kvitova Unable to Close it out after Pockering the first set.
Gracheva, 24, was full of admiration for her 34-year-old opponent, who lifted the trophy at wimbledon in 2011 and 2014.
“If you let me step back a little bit, I really want to congratulate her,” Gracheva said. “Because she had a child quite recently, and i'm so happy that she now has the role of a mother and a tennis player, which is very demanding. ITINESPIRING For Sports, Athletes, Athletes, Athletes, Athletes, Athletes, Athletes, Women Amazing. “
All 32 Men's and Women's seeds have first round bys in this combined atp masters and wta 1000 tournament, the first leg of the US hard court “Sunshine Double” that will come in miamii.
Gracheva lined up a second-round meeting with ninth-seeded mirra andreeva, the 17-year-old russian who osed three grand slam winners on the way to believe 1000 champion in dubai lastine Month.
Former World Number One Naomi Osaka, Who Returned From A 15-Month Break Last Year After Giving Birth to Daughter Shai in 2023, Headlines the Night Session Taking on Colombian Camila Osorio.
Japan's Osaka, Who Won Her First WTA Title at Indian Wells in 2018, Hasn Bollywood Since the Australian Open, Where She Retired from Her Third-Rand Match with an abdominal strain.
In other early matches, French Veteran Caroline Garcia Beat Us Wild Card Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-4 to Line Up a Second-Round Meeting with Second-seeded Defending Champion IGA Swaatek.
Poland's swiatek, who also lifted the trophy in the california desrt in 2022, is vying to become the only women besides martina navina navina navratilova in 1990-91 to win back-backs wlls, and the firing Woman to win more than two.
Nishikori battles through
In men's action, china's bu yunchaoekete defeated American nishsh basavareddy 7-5, 6-4 to book a second-rund match against Russian Fifth Seed Daniyil MedveDev, The Runner -up to Carlos ALCARAZA Two years.
Alcaraz is seeded second as he chases a rare three-peat. Germany's Alexander Zverev is the top seed in a men's field that is missing world number one jannik sinner as he serves a three-month drugs ban but that incines serbian star novak djokovic-chasing a recording Sixth Title.
Japanese veteran kei nishikori, who reveled during the australian open that he almost quit tannis last year after after lengthy battles with injury, defeated spain's jaume munar 6-2, 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 (7/3) Line up a second-found match against 18th-seeded ugo humbert of france.
Nishikori was treated for a leg injury in the third set and then Soldered through Cramp to Close out the Victory.
“It was not easy,” Nishikori said. “In the third set I was cramping pretty badly, but somehow i came back and won, so a very good match.”
In other men's first-round action, Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild Saved A Pair of Match Points on the Way to a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) Victory Over France's Alexandre Muller.
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