Amanda Anisimova’s tennis return ended short on Wednesday at the Auckland Classic as Marie Bouzkova easily defeated her 6-0, 6-1.
With her opponent’s superior movement and shot-making, the 22-year-old American Anisimova, who took an indefinite vacation from tennis in May due to mental health issues, was outmatched.
Anisimova looked to be lacking passion and had trouble timing as she was beaten in just 51 minutes, despite her showing well in her opening match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Monday.
Bouzkova said after the match: “It couldn’t get any better for me; I just stayed really solid and tried to be really aggressive when I could because obviously Amanda is such a huge hitter. Obviously, it’s the start of the year so we’re still pretty fresh and I’m taking advantage of that right now.”
Amanda Anisimova in 2024
Ranked no.373, Amanda played her last match on the 3rd of January when she capitulated to world no.36 Marie Bouzkova 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Auckland (draw).
Until now, during this year the American has achieved a compiled 1-1 record.
Bouzkova in Auckland, ranking, and results in 2024
Now ranked no.36, Marie owns a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024. Marie is now competing in Auckland where she managed to beat the world no.70 Magdalena Frech 6-0 3-6 6-4 and the world no.373 Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-1.
Amanda Anisimova and Marie Bouzkova squared off just on 1 occasion. Their head to head is 1-0 for Bouzkova. When they played, Marie Bouzkova won 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Auckland (ASB Classic) on the 3rd of January 2024.
Amanda Anisimova and Marie Bouzkova |
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