In the first set, the Russian tennis player was superior to her opponents in every aspect, including the 18 winning points she scored to win the set with a score of 7-5. It was thought that this would be a solid momentum for Masha to soon end the match. However, her unstable mentality forced her to pay the price immediately.
Sharapova failed to take advantage of the opportunity and made 16 mistakes when hitting the ball incorrectly, while the opponent on the other side of Sevastova's net played more steadily when he only made 2 similar mistakes. It was these mistakes that caused the Russian player to lose the set to his opponent with a score of 4-6.
In the third set that determined the winner, Sevastova was a more relaxed player in terms of psychology, thanks to which she could easily grasp the game in the first minutes and quickly win 2 breaks, pushing Masha to a wall when she had to continuously save up to 3 match-point points. In the end, the "Russian Doll" still could not turn the situation around and had to accept a 2:06 goal.
In contrast to Maria Sharapova's regrettable defeat, Venus Williams had a rather hard-fought victory over Carla Suarez Navarro with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Meanwhile, in the men's singles event, Carreno Busta also had a thrilling match when it took 3 consecutive tie-break to solve their opponent Dennsi Shapovalov with the score of 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3). Carreno Busta was joined by Diego Schwartzman, who beat Lucas Pouille 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.
