Anastasia Sevastova was defeated at the start of the tournament in Sydney
Latvian tennis player Anastasia Sevastova could not overcome the barrier of the first round of the competition in Sydney, losing in three sets to the Swiss Timea Bacsinszky – 7/6 (3), 4/6, 4/6. For 2 hours and 49 minutes of the fight, the 13th racket of the world, 28-year-old Anastasia, took the rival seven times, made three aces and as many double faults. 29-year-old Timea, occupying the 192nd line of the world table of ranks, recorded nine breaks and four aces, having made a mistake three times when submitting. Before each other athletes have not met. In the second round of Sydney International, Bacsinszky will play with Australian Samantha Stosur.
