Head and tail for the Spaniards in the second round of the US Open
One of lime and one of sand for the Spanish favorites in the US Open women’s draw. Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Linda Fruhvirtova (6-0, 6-4) in one of the best matches in her memory, but Paula Badosa was defeated by Croatian Petra Martic (6-7 (5), 6-1 and 6-2) . ) and the second round is still his cap in New York.
After a good first set that ended in the ‘tiebreak’ after saving four break balls, the Catalan ran completely empty in the next two sets. The stunning No.54 Martic defeated him 6-1 in the second set, but while it was speculated that Badosa would save strength for the final, this never happened. Number four has been eliminated from the Grand Slam in which she has never won two games in a row and may soon face two setbacks. The first, the drop in the rankings which means she loses the 1,000 points from when she won Indian Wells last year and the second which was left out of the teachers tournament in Los Angeles where she reached the semifinals last year. If he loses Indian Wells points, he could drop out of the top ten in the world, a wake-up call given Badosa’s poor second half of the year.
With the Catalan already out, Muguruza jumped onto the field to face precocious Linda Fruhvirtova, 17 years old and number 167 in the WTA rankings. The Czech came at a brutal pace after qualifying and winning her US Open debut in straight sets, but ran into a Muguruza from a different era. The Spanish made a stunning first set, allowing just five points, yielding no break points and showing eleven winners for just three unforced.
A reminder that all the quality Muguruza cherishes is still in his racket and has not gone anywhere. Then, with the 6-0 in her pocket, her classic doubts set in and Fruhvirtova saw a comeback by going 1-4 and three balls to 5-1 in the second round. Another of Muguruza’s typical breakdowns this season was feared, but the Caracas woman responded with an iron fist. From 4-1, he took five consecutive games, including the last one, in which he saved four breakballs that would have tied the game in five. With a lot of aggressiveness and flashes in the net, one of the biggest moles of his career, Conchita Martínez’s apprentice resurfaced and won two games in a row for the first time since the Doha tournament, in the distant month of February.
The Spaniard, who defended the round of 16 last year, has yet to drop a set this edition, but her next opponent will bring a lot of danger. It will be another Czech, Petra Kvitova, who went to the third round without playing due to the withdrawal of Anhelina Kalinina. It will be the seventh meeting between Kvitova and Muguruza, with a head-to-head confrontation in favor of the Czech, who has won the last five encounters.
Source: La Verdad
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