The Spanish Rebekah Masarova, 23 years old and world number 99, she passed the first round of the WTA 250 indoor tournament in Linz (Austria) on Tuesday with a category victory over the second seed, the Russian. Ekaterina Alexandrovaby 4-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (6).
Masarova, a finalist this season at the WTA in Auckland, lost the first set against the world number 17 after a very even match in which a break decided the result.
But he won the second with solvency, with great efficiency in the others, and endured the reaction of the Russian in the third, which he defeated tightly 8-6 in the decisive tiebreaker.
The next rival of the Spaniard who was born in Basel (Switzerland), and comes from the previous stage of the tournament, is the Czech Marketa Vondrousova89 in the ranking and he has never been with before.
On the contrary, the Spanish too Marina Bassols (128), also from the previous one, lost on his debut in the main draw against the Croatian Petra Martic (34) of 6-1 and 7-5.
He also participates in the tournament Nuria Parrizas (79), who will debut in the afternoon shift against the first seed, the Greek Maria Sakkari, seventh in the world.
The player from Granada reached the round of 32 this year at the Australian Open and at the recent tournament in Lyon.
Source: La Verdad
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