The Spanish Sarah Sorribes qualified for the second round of the Istanbul tournament, played on clay, by beating Qiang Wang of China 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour and 34 minutes of play.
Sorribes, seeded seventh, had no big problem beating Wang, who came from qualifying, in an unprecedented clash between the two, who opted to join the Spanish side due to the effectiveness of his serve to score points. .
The Chinese player’s three service losses in the second set also ended Sorribes ’only defeat in this set and allowed him to close out a comfortable win.
In the round of 16, the Spaniard (25 years old and 47 in the WTA) will face Russian Varvara Gracheva (21 years old and 73 in the WTA), who defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-3 and 7-5.
Source: La Verdad
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