the castelonense Sarah Sorribes was removed, along with his Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkensng doubles the WTA 1,000 in Rome in the first roundafter being defeated by the Russians Lyudmila Samsonova and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina in three sets (6-4, 2-6 and 9-11).
Sorribes and Flipkens provided three services, for two of their rivals, in the first round, enough to be very difficult in the clash. But in the second set, the Spanish and Belgian retaliated with a resounding 6-2 where they three times broke their opponents ’serves to tiebreak the match.
Since it was a double match, the final stake was resolved via a ‘match tie-break’, a set in which the couple reaching ten points wins the match.
Finally, the balance fell on the Kazakh and Russian sides 11-9, in an equal match in which, yes, Sorribes and Flipkens saved two match points before the final, the one that drove them to Rome. in the first round.
Sorribes, number 37 in the world, will face another Spaniard in the first round of the individual draw, Nuria Parrizas (51), after she went in to replace Japanese Naomi Osaka, who suffered her Achilles heel injury.
Source: La Verdad
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