The one from Castellón Sarah Sorribes He stressed that he had registered with Cristina Bucsa in the women’s doubles tournament WTA 1,000 Madrid there were fifteen minutes left before the deadline and in the end they won the title, the only one in Spanish tennis in this edition of the tournament.
Sara Sorribes said that her usual partner in tournaments, the Czech Marie Bouzkovawas injured and found out that Cristina Bucsa was not with her.
“Marie is in a bad way; she signed her up, but I know she’s not good and she called me to tell me she won’t play. I found out that Cristina Bucsa has no partner. I went to gym, saw his father and told him about it and he offered to play,” he explained.
“It has been wonderful. The public has supported us so we are very happy,” said the Spaniard. “We have coordinated very well, each one has played their game in their part of the court, they have fit in,” argued Sara Sorribes.
About the possibility of maintaining the duet for Olympic Games, he pointed out. “There is still a long way to go before Paris, but I hope we can get there.”
“I went to the point, moment,” he said of the moment he saw himself as a winner. “Even in the finals, we were 4-2 and I thought they could turn us around. But it’s also true that when the games started I felt like we were going to win,” added Sara Sorribes.
Regarding the doubles modality and what helps players focus on their careers in singles, he recognized that this practice benefits the game. “Doubles helps me a lot, it forces you to serve better, to subtract better. It doesn’t necessarily make you better, but I think it helps me be better,” he said.
Sara Sorribes does not make future plans. The continuation of Cristina Bucsa is not even considered for the next big tournaments like Roland Garros. “You go faster than me. I don’t play doubles in Rome; she does. This is sport, everything goes fast and many things can happen. I prefer little by little because fast doesn’t help me,” she clarified.
Rafael Nadal He said goodbye to the Madrid tournament. However, Sara Sorribes remembers that the competition continues and there will be other great moments. “Rafa is a very important loss in terms of emotion and many things but tennis continues. Things are more even, there are good matches from the first round. I was Rafa’s first fan but tennis continues to evolve, she concluded.
In its part, Cristina Bucsa He explained that after winning the first match of the tournament he saw the possibility of doing something important with a teammate that he doesn’t rule out who will be with him at the Paris 2024 Games.
Bucsa and Sorribes, who signed up for the tournament at the last minute, defeated Brazilians Beatriz Haddad Maia and Ingrid Gamarra in a dramatic match, which was decided in a super tiebreak.
“After that victory, after that match, which was the most difficult because Sara was coming from a difficult individual match, which lasted more than three hours, I knew we could do a good job. Sara did a great job. From that day I knew we would have a great tournament no matter what,” said Cristina Bucsa.
Bucsa, currently the best-ranked Spanish individual in the world rankings, in 39th place, aiming for Paris 2024. “Possibly together at the Olympic Games. If we are healthy, we can make a good team,” said the Spanish from the Moldovan.
“I have no words about this triumph. It has been incredible,” said Cristina Bucsa, who regrets Rafa Nadal’s goodbye to the Madrid tournament although she points out that “tennis continues.”
“Rafa is not there but Carlitos (Alcaraz), Paula (Badosa) will be there immediately when he recovers. Rafa will leave but tennis continues,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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