Lucie Safarova did not have a great run in Washington. The Czech was top seeded for the third time in her career to fall at the first hurdle at the hands of world no.78 Kristina Mladenovic.
This was the first match Lucie played after losing the Wimbledon semifinal to Petra Kvitova. Lucie had a great start to win the opener, but then she fell in the next 2 sets to lose 2-6 6-3 6-3.Match Stats
Kristina will now play local favorite Taylor Townsend in the 2nd round.
