Amanda Anisimova aired her frustrations with the WTA calendar following her shock defeat in Dubai because the American tennis star claimed she felt “scary and vulnerable” on the courtroom.
On Saturday, the 23-year-old captured her maiden WTA 1000 title after beating Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 6-3 within the Doha last.
In whole, the world No. 18 performed a complete of six matches on the Qatar Open final week.
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However after successful Doha, there wasn’t a lot time for Anisimova to relaxation or rejoice since her Dubai opener was already scheduled for Monday.
And she or he was removed from her finest sport, which resulted in a shock 2-6 3-6 defeat to world No. 53 McCartney Kessler.
Anisimova: Scary to play after such a fast turnaround
“Definitely a little scary to go and play after such a quick turnaround,” the 23-year-old stated.
“Not testing out the conditions and putting your body through that, it’s like very vulnerable.
“With the schedule they’ve on us, it is robust. You get fined. Then your rating will get affected in case you skip the large tournaments. We do not get a lot of a selection in the case of that.
“Knowing that in my mind, I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to try to play and do the best that I can. Hopefully I can get more used to that.'”
Within the presser, Anisimova additionally famous that not every little thing was adverse about all the state of affairs as her not being ready for Dubai was attributable to her triumphant Doha run.
In the meantime, the American tennis star will now most likely take a while to relaxation earlier than kicking off her preparations for the WTA 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
Regardless of an early Dubai loss, the world No. 18 will definitely enter the Sunshine Double assured and it will be an enormous factor for her if she would handle to make some noise in Indian Wells and Miami.
