Sabalenka fell to Samsonova in her Guadalajara debut

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The Russian Lyudmila Samsonova gave this Wednesday a surprise of Guadalajara WTA 1,000 by defeating the Belarusian 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Aryna Sabalenkasecond favorite, erratic in his serve.

Samsonova, the 22nd player on the tour, won 72 percent of first serve points, was flawless in the second and capitalized on six double faults from her opponent to break in games five and seven and win the first. set. sixth ‘game’.

The world-ranked fourth-ranked Belarusian improved in the second, cutting double faults to one, hitting 29 winners and making just four unforced errors to win 6-2 and extend the match.

Double faults, the specter that haunted the talented Sabalenka, appeared at the beginning of the third set. He made two in the first game and suffered a break from which he never recovered.

Lyudmila showed weaknesses; in the fourth game she fell behind 0-40, but saved all three break point opportunities with strong and well-formed serves, which Aryna could not resist, showing signs of frustration and accepting another decisive break in the fifth game.

“Aryna is a great rival, but today was my day; I tried to hit my first serve and improve my return and everything happened,” said Samsonova, who qualified for the round of 16, a stage if where he will face the winner. between Colombian Camila Osorio and Czech Maria Bouzkova.

Osorio, who in her debut eliminated Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, seeded fifteenth, remains the only Latin American in the tournament and this Wednesday she will try to continue with a win against Bouzkova.

At the start of the third date of the Masters, which takes place on a hard court with a prize of 2,527,250 dollars, the American Danielle Collis, fourteenth favorite, confirmed her good form by defeating the Polish Magdalena, 6-3, 6-4 . French to access the stage of 16 best where she will challenge the Greek Maria Sakkari, fourth seed.

In another match, Lithuanian Jelena Ostapenko defeated Canadian Eugenie Buchard 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 and the winner will face Verokica Kudermetova and Croatian Donna Vekic in the round of 16.

This Wednesday, in the main match of the third day, the Spanish Paula Badosa, seeded first, will play the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, former number one in the world.

Source: La Verdad

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