The Spanish Cristina Busca and Sara Sorribes, who debuted as a doubles couple in the Madrid tournament, qualified for the final with a 6-4, 7-6 (1) victory over the Russians Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Anasatasia Potapovain a match that unexpectedly headlined the night session at Caja Mágica.
His rivals in the hunt for the title are the Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and the German Laura Siegemund, that eliminated the early favorites, the Taiwanese Su-wei Hsieh and the Belgians Elise Mertens (6-3 and 7-5).
After Czech Jiri Lehecka withdrew in the men’s semifinal against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the doubles players took center stage on the center court of the Caja Mágica in a clash that was very favorable to the Spaniards from the start.
A break in the first game gave Bucsa the advantage and Sorribes, the former very alert at the net. The Russians dragged the entire ‘break’ set without recovering.
After being the first to lose on serve in the second set, the Spaniard turned the match around in four straight games (5-3).
Potapova won her serve, despite the locals signing some of the best exchanges of the match, and Bucsa had a chance to close her down. It was not his best game and the set was balanced again, so much so that the tiebreaker was lost.
Bucsa won the first two points with a ball he caught in the net and a good cross volley. Sorribes did not want to be outdone and took the couple to 5-0 with a perfect parallel. With a great serve she made the score 6-0 and Potapova, with a long return, gave away the match.
Bucsa already has two double titles to his credit and Sorribes, four. But the danger in Sunday’s finals is Krejcikova, who has 18 titles under her belt, including two Australian Opens, two Wimbledons, two Roland Garros, a United States Open and an Olympic Games gold, all with Katarina Siniakova.
of winning, Sorribes and Bucsa They will be the first Spaniards to lift the title in Madrid, with Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez reaching the final in 2014 and 2015.
Source: La Verdad
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