The tennis player of Castellón Sarah Sorribes She made it to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong WTA, in the 250 category and played on hard courts, after defeating the Chinese. Xinyu Wangworld number 23 and fourth favourite, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-1 in two and a quarter hours of play.
The match started in surprising fashion, with six of the first seven games won by the returners, the first two also blank, taking advantage of each of the break balls provided. Only Sorribes, in the third, was able to hold his serve.
He managed to continue that streak in the eighth, but the Spaniard squandered three break options. Because of this he had to wait for the tenth, and his first set point, to award it without taking any points and leading head-to-head after the first set.
In the second he reacted Wang, dropped in the fifth and seventh to go 5-2 up on his serve. However, and despite its presence on the path, You are sorry He showed honor to win two games in a row and force his rival to use three set points to get the job done.
With the score tied, what would happen in the third and final act was not seen. Sorribes, bouncing back after battling the outcome of the previous set, came out in full force and won the first four games. That confidence allowed him to also take the sixth from the others after giving up his serve in the fifth and, soon after, close the match in his favor with a blank game.
The Spanish woman’s opponent in the quarterfinals will be the Russian Anna Blinkovanumber 37 in the world and fifth seed, who ousted Australian Priscilla Hon 6-3 and 6-1.
Source: La Verdad
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