the brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maiasixth favorite, pulled off an epic victory over three hours at the Abu Dhabi tournament against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, saving three match points in the second set and pushing the South American player to the limit, eventually winning the victory (6-4, 6-7(5) and 7-6(4)).
The Brazilian, fourteenth in the ranking, had a confrontation on the track. With the first partial in hand and the second on the track. But Putintseva, whom she has never played, responded, fought back, avoided defeat and took the match to the final round, also decided in a tiebreaker.
Haddad Maia secured the win after three and a quarter hours to meet in the quarterfinals with the Kazakh also Elena Rybakinathird seed, who knocked out Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-0.
He also met the first favorite, the Russian Daria Kasatkinawho has to come back against Swiss Jil Teichmann (1-6, 6-0 and 6-2) and will face the Chinese in the quarterfinals Qinwen Zheng.
Also, the Russian Lyudmila Samsonova, eighth, beat Czech Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 7-6(6). It will be measured against the Russian Veronika Kudermetovafourth favorite, in search of the semifinals.
Source: La Verdad
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