Unlucky start to the season for Fręch. Another defeat in the first round

Magdalena Fręch was eliminated in the first round of the WTA 500 tennis tournament in Merida, Mexico (prize pool: 1.1 million dollars). The Pole, seeded "seventh", lost to the Russian Jelina Avanesjan 6:4, 3:6, 3:6.

It was the second defeat for the currently 31st-ranked player in the world against an opponent who is 14 places lower and five years younger. She also lost to her in Budapest a year ago.

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This is the fifth event this year from which the 27-year-old from Łódź has been eliminated after the first match. She has won only two matches at the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne, and in Doha she was eliminated in the second round.

Magda Linette will also compete in the singles event in Mexico. On the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Polish time, she will face the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

Jelina Avanesyan (Russia) - Magdalena Fręch (Poland, 7) 4:6, 6:3, 6:3.