Tennis: 2019 French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova thrashed in first-round exit
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Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in action against Iga Swiatek of Poland at Roland Garros in Paris, on Sept 28, 2020.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Last year's runner-up Marketa Vondrousova failed to last a round at the French Open when she was thrashed in little more than an hour by Poland's Iga Swiatek on Monday (Sept 28).
The left-handed Czech, seeded 15th, went down 6-1 6-2 as 19-year-old Swiatek dominated throughout with her all-court game.
Vondrousova lost to Australian world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in last year's final and looked in dangerous form coming in after a semi-final run in Rome.
Another notable first-round casualty was 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 28th seed, who was beaten in three sets by fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
