the kazakh Elena Rybakinareigning Wimbledon champion, avoided drama in his tournament debut and came back from a set down against the American Shelby Rogers (4-6, 6-1 and 6-1).
Rybakinawho had physical problems after experiencing a virus that knocked him out of Roland Garros, started to get cold and dropped the first set against Rogers, who took advantage of his only chance to break and his rival’s eleven unforced errors to put he is on the verge of disaster
The champion and third seed responded immediately and won the first five games of the second set. In fact, he went on an 8-1 run that he also took advantage of in the third and final run.
Rybakina he forgot about double faults -he made none in the second and third sets-, he refined his direct serves -he made nine between the second and third- and he maintained his percentage of first serves won in above 90%, in addition to not allowing Rogers a single breaking opportunity in the second and third sets.
The Moscow-born Kazakh will return to the track this Thursday to face the winner of the clash between French Alize Cornet, last year’s executioner of Iga Swiatek, and Japan’s Nao Hibino.
Source: La Verdad
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