Cristina Bucsanumber 74 in the world ranking, and Elena Rybakinafifth and first seed, They will meet in the quarterfinals of the Abu Dhabi tournament after winning their respective second round matches against England’s Heather Watson and American Danielle Colins.
The Spanish woman defeated Heather Watson (156) in two hard-fought sets where the Englishwoman allowed her to ‘breathe’ for an hour and 44 minutes of the match (7-6(1) and 7-5).
Two rivals who knew nothing about each other and left everything on the hard court of the Arab Emirates, with the first set decided on a tie-break, where Bucsa had good control of the service in his favor: one loss compared to his rival’s four, closing the score 7-1 in his favor.
The decisive set, which went to 51 minutes, reflected the perseverance of the rivals, who saw their serve at risk on two occasions – the fifth and sixth games – to make it 3-3. In the final challenge, a British error, in the twelfth game, sent the Grenadian into the quarterfinals.
Her opponent in the next round, favorite Elena Rybakina-whom he met in the same year at the Adelaide tournament (Austrlia)- defeated the American Danielle Collins (71) on the same day 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3, in two hours and twenty minutes.
Four service losses compared to his rival’s six gave the Kazakh victory.
Also, the eighth seed, Liudmila Samsonova, made it to the quarterfinals after defeating Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina in just one hour by 6-1 and 6-3, having their best weapon in the delivery.
Unfortunately, the Spanish too Sara Sorribes did not finish her round of 16 against Czech Barbora Krejcikova after sustaining an injury to the thumb of his right hand as a result of a fall in the first set.
Sorribes, number 54 in the world and who lost the opening set 2-6, could only hold on in the opening game of the second set, giving up the continuation after losing this one to love his serve. Her rival will now face the winner of the clash between Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and Russian Liudmila Samsonova.
Source: La Verdad
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