WTA Tournament of Champions: Ekaterina Makarova easily beaten in opener in Group Sredets
Wednesday 29 October 2014 23:08, UK
Top seed Ekaterina Makarova suffered a disastrous start to her campaign at the WTA Tournament of Champions, going down 6-2 6-1 to Garbine Muguruza in her opening match in Sofia.
The Russian lost her serve five times in a one-sided match in Group Serdika that lasted just 69 minutes.
Spaniard Muguruza dropped just 13 points on her own serve on her way to picking up the two points, meaning she joins Flavia Pennetta in a share of top spot. Alize Cornet is the other player in the group.
In Group Sredets, Dominika Cibulkova made it two victories from as many outings with a 7-5 6-4 triumph over Carla Suarez Navarro on Wednesday.
Both players had claimed opening wins on Tuesday but the second-seeded Cibulkova had too much for her Spanish opponent, breaking five times en route to victory.
The other match in the group saw Andrea Petkovic got a win on the board as she beat home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5 6-2 to leave the Bulgarian stuck on the bottom with two defeats to her name.
Petkovic, meanwhile, is hoping she can record a third success over Cibulkova this year when the pair meet next.
"I've played Domi twice this year already and they've both been super tough matches," she told the WTA Tour website. "She has such great intensity and is such a fighter, so it's definitely going to be a tough match."
