Bitter day for Spanish tennis in the preliminary phase of the Australian Open. Aliona Bolsova and Cristina Bucsa earned their second round berth on Monday after defeating British Heather Watson (7-6, 6-3) and Australian Kaylah McPhee (6-4, 6-0) respectively.
Other representatives of the ‘Armada’ had worse luck. Pablo Andújar lost to Australian Adam Walton 6-1, 6-2while in the women’s draw, Rosa Vicens did not defeat German Eva Lys (6-3, 6-4) and Leyre Romero was overcome by Uzbek Nigina Abduraimova (2-6, 6-3, 6-2). .
For the rest of the day, it is worth highlighting the victory of Andorran Vicky Jiménez against Swedish Rebecca Petterson (6-3, 6-4) and Eugenie Bouchard’s loss against American Ashlyn Krueger (6-3, 1-6, 6-4).
This Tuesday, the first round ended with the debuts of Carlos Taberner against Aleksandar Kovacevic, Fernando Verdasco against Nino Serdarusicby Marina Bassols against Valentini Grammatikopoulou, by Rebeka Masarova against Gabriela Lee and by Jéssica Bouzas against Arantxa Rus.
Source: La Verdad
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