Czech tennis players have had a rough time at the Australian Open, many of
their campaigns to progress far into the tournament being cut short.
Eighth-seeded Petra Kvitová was stunned by Great Britain’s Laura Robson
in an epic three-setter that ended at 12:30 am local time. The match
went three sets and came down to a tie-break: the final score was 2-6,
6-3,
11-9 in Robson’s favour. The two had never met in competition before.
Other Czechs who lost include Lukáš Rosol and Lucie Šafářová, while
the defending doubles champion from last year, Radek Štepánek and
doubles
partner Leander Paes, were defeated in the first round.