Krejčíková and Siniaková lose first match of WTA Finals

Tennis duo Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková lost 3:6, 7:6, 5:10 to the German-Russian pairing of Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico on Tuesday in a gruelling first match that lasted 5 hours and 42 minutes. This is the first time that the no.4 seeded Czechs have lost the opening match of a WTA Finals tournament.

The 27-year-old Czechs, who won the 2021 WTA Finals and were runners-up last year, begin group play 0-1. They will next play against New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski in the four-member Mahahual group. The top two doubles pairings from the group stage will advance to the semi-finals.