Maya Khwalinskaya’s participation in Wimbledon was a big unknown from the first match. The Pole finally received a wild card, but after Roland Garros she took a break and did not have the opportunity to play a single match on grass courts. And in her last two attempts to qualify for the tournament, she was eliminated in the early rounds.
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Thanks to her ranking at Roland Garros, the Pole found herself in the standings, so she was opposed by Mananchaya Savangkaev (164th WTA), who occupied a lower position in the WTA rankings. The Thai have performed well on grass this season, qualifying and previously reaching the quarter-finals in Birmingham.
Although the Polish player did not have the opportunity to get acquainted with the grass, in addition to training, she started the match surprisingly well. She won point after point on both her serve and her opponent’s serve. The Thai chess player helped in the breakthroughs, making three double faults and many unforced bad moves. As a result, Chwalinska took a 5:0 lead.
The ending was more even, with Sawangkaew defending against a donut. She lost two games, losing 2:6. The trend of violent confrontation has developed into a long game.
Maya Khvalinskaya’s drama at Wimbledon
In this match, both players performed well on their serves. This was good news for the Thai, as in long rallies she was worse than the Polish player, who had an extremely wide range of moves. The Polish woman finally defeated her opponent with a score of 4:2. After some time, she served poorly and her opponent had a break point to level the score at 0:40, but our tennis player defended brilliantly.
Chwalinska had the first ball of the match and could have won 6:2, but she slipped and it was clear that her ankle was hurting. She required a medical break of almost 10 minutes. She came back into the game and lost the first three goals. She was unable to perform at the highest level. She lost five games in a row and thus the entire set.
Despite everything, the Pole entered the third set, but practically did not chase the ball. She did not play the match, but lost it with a score of 2:6.