Two KLTK girls were on fire in the early stages of Kungens Kanna & Drottningens Pris.
Vaida Matuseviciute met 118th-ranked Danish Lara Brunkel. A slightly nervous start gave a 5-2 lead to the opposition, but then the momentum changed; Vaida worked her way back into the match and turned the first set around to a 7-5 set win in her favour. A similar story in the second set, Vaida found herself down 2-4 with a raise in level from the Dane. The KLTK local player managed to finish strong with a 6-4 scoreline in the second set.
Clubmate Isabella Svahn had a tough opening match against seeded player Tamara Kostic from Austria. Isabella nevertheless won the match 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 thanks to a patient yet aggressive game.
Two more Swedes took to the second round. Anastasia Pettersson from Vetlanda defeated British Emilia Julin and Bella Bergkvist Larsson from Åmåls TK beat Grete Gull from Estonia.
Two Swedish boys also managed to get to the second round. Albert Widell, Helsingborgs TK beat a Canadian player in a tough fight, finishing 6-1, 6-7, 7-5.
The last blue-yellow victory for the day was Ludvig Hede (Särö LTK), who defeated Portuguese Goncalo Marques by 6-4, 7-5.
– Was fun to see the girls win today, comments KLTK’s head coach Aftab Baig. I look forward to see Vaida on Wednesday when she meets top-seeded Brit Martin from Estonia. In tennis, anything can happen, concludes Aftab.
Tomorrow Tuesday, a few more Swedes will enter into the line of fire. The doubles matches also start this same day.