The Cantabrian Bucsa signed his best Grand Slam by defeating Andreescu

The Spanish Cristina Bucsa25 years, He lives a dream week in Australia, he collects the works made in Torrelavega since he was a child with his father, who came with him to Cantabria at the age of 3 from Moldova.

Bucsa his entry into the main draw of the Australian Open debuting in the top-100 world ranking that is currently closing. He will continue to advance as he has just signed his best result in a Grand Slam.

In his fifth participation, second in Melbourne, he reached the third round after sealing a prestigious victory. He won 2-6, 7-6 (9-7) and 6-4 against the former US Open, Toronto and Indian Wells 2019 champion, the Canadian. Bianca Andreescuformer top-10 now 43rd in the world at age 22.

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Bucsa, a born puncher like the North American, saved a match point at 5-6 in the tiebreak of the second set he reached as he could not hold on to a 5-1 lead.

Yes, he had no more trouble with the third sleeve. He raised a few ‘break’ balls to convict a nervous opponent of a serve in a match of excesses: tied for winning shots 31-31), with Andreescu’s unforced failures, adding 53, more than three than Spanish. To ‘stick’.

Success brings a poisonous gift. Busca will have the opportunity to face the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatekwhich surpassed the Colombian Camila Osorio by 6-2 and 6-3. He is in the spotlight against the rival to lose with the American Jessica Pegula.