China lin zhunumber 87 in the world, no titles in his history, closed the day Friday with a surprise in australia tomorrow by qualifying for the round of 16 with a thrilling victory over the Greek Maria Sakkari for 7-6(3), 1-6 and 6-4.
This is the best result of Zhu’s career, whose next rival is the Belarusian Victoria Azarenkawon this Open twice, in 2012 and 2013.
It is a clash full of alternatives sakkari, twice a semifinalist in Grand Slam tournaments, does not know how to close. The Greek has only one title in his history (Rabat, 2019), but he has been boosted to sixth place in the world ranking thanks to a consistency that he lacks today.
After exchanging two breaks in the first set, the tiebreaker went to the Asian player with a clear 7-3. sakkari he made a mistake that ruined the resistance he had shown in previous games.
In the second set, both were equally irregular, with successive hits and misses. There was a ‘break’ in the first three serves, two of them for Sakkari. This allowed him to finally take the initiative: in a few minutes he reached 5-1 and in the fourth break of the set he definitely leveled the match.
His rival didn’t let up, starting the third round from the start, aggressive, accurate with a right cross and two-handed backhand and motor in his feet.
In a new twist, Sakkari came back from 2-0 down to 4-3 in favour. It was time for the Athenian to bring out the greatest Athenian experience in these situations, but what he did was add a series of mistakes and give wings to china
Zhu’s victory closed the day in Melbourne, where the world number one, the Polish, also signed victories in the women’s team Iga Swiatekthe czech Barbora Krejcikovathe kazakh Elena Rybakinathe Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauffthe Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and the Belarusian Azarenkathey are all in the round of 16.
Source: La Verdad
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