British No. 3 Sonay Kartal suffered a straight-sets defeat in opposition to Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro within the first spherical on the Australian Open on Sunday.
The 23-year-old, competing in the primary draw at an abroad main for the primary time, was crushed 6-1, 7 (7)-6 because the Spaniard dominated in her Australian Open debut.
After taking the primary sport of the match, Kartal might do little to gradual Bouzas Maneiro down as her opponent took the subsequent 9 in fast succession.
Within the second set, Kartal fought laborious to delay her Australian Open marketing campaign and profited off of Bouzas Maneiro’s nerves. The Brit saved each match and sport factors however was bettered 5-7 within the tie break to place a untimely ending to her first abroad Grand Slam.
Kartal was the one Briton of the seven singles representatives to play on the opening day in Melbourne.
