Sara Sorribes extended her current good form on Friday by defeating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkovawho was eliminated from the WTA 1,000 in Rome after a battle of almost 2 and a half hours that ended with scores of 6-3, 1-6 and 7-5.
Solo Iga Swiateknumber 1 and subsequent champion in Madrid, was able to prevent Sorribes from competing in the Spanish capital. The good feeling of the Castellón native continues to grow and in Rome, after a solid debut against the Argentine Nadia Podoroska, she passed the first big test against the twenty first favorite in the draw.
All in a long, hard-fought and even match that forced both tennis players to give their all.. Each is clearly superior to the other set. Sorribes in the first, which he won 6-3 after 3 breaks. Pavlyuchenkova was the second, where she defeated the Spaniard 6-1, leaving no room for doubt.
But in the third match, in the decisive one, it was equality that reigned on the Italian clay. It was the longest, lasting more than 1 hour, and the solidity of the two remaining caused a chaotic start that ended with 3 breaks for each of the first 6 games (3-3).
It has been stabilized on serve in the following, Sorribes successfully pushed with a 5-5 tie on the scoreboard and he achieved the ‘break’, after having 4 breaking balls, which allowed him to seal the duel with his serve.
In the third round, The Spaniard is waiting for a rival, which will emerge from the rivalry between the Russian Anastasia Popatova and the Latvian Jelena Ostapenkonumber 10 in the ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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