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Tauson downed by 17-year old Slovak in Netherlands, extends winless run to three months

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Svend Bertil Frandsen

Published 1 week ago

Clara Tauson is still without a win in three months as she crashed out of the grass tournament Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, as she was defeated by the 17-year-old Slovak youngster Mia Pohankova, who won 6-4, 6-4.

[p]Slovak wild card [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pohankova-mia/h84ZLkgi/"]Mia Pohankova[/a], the 17-year-old who won Wimbledon Junior last year, came from 4-1 down in the second set to upset No. 2 seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauson-clara/2PPTHPya/"]Clara Tauson[/a] in the first round of the Libéma Open.[/p][p]It was the sixth successive defeat for Tauson, who hasn't won a match in three months.[/p][embed guid="3fda954f-1877-49af-9acf-c1f9d7d95dd3" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2064014893947158802" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Dane, who was the 2nd seed in the tournament, was otherwise up 4-1 in the second set but was broken twice as she completely lost her rhythm, ultimately losing 6-4.[/p][p]There are still three weeks until the next Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/pohankova-m-h84ZLkgi/tauson-c-2PPTHPya/?mid=nZh7QRfE"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]

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