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EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Wimbledon champion
Barbora Krejcikova saved two match points on British opponent
Harriet Dart’s serve before rallying to win her opening match
Tuesday at the grass-court Eastbourne Open.
Dart was 40-15 up on serve leading 5-4 in the decisive third set
of a rain-affected round-of-32 match that second-seeded
Krejcikova went on win 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5.
It was just the second victory this year for the 17th-ranked
Krejcikova, whose season didn't start until May because of a
back injury.
The 29-year-old Czech player came to Eastbourne for her final
warmup before beginning the defense of her Wimbledon title next
week. She lost in the first round at her previous grass-court
event at Queen’s Club in London.
Emma Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, dropped the first
set on her way to a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1 win over Ann Li of the
United States. The seventh-seeded British player next faces
Australian teenager Maya Joint, who on Monday eliminated Ons
Jabeur, the two-time Wimbledon beaten finalist from Tunisia.
Sofia Kenin, the fourth-seeded American, lost her opening match
6-4, 6-4 against Kimberly Birrell, the 77th-ranked Australian.
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