The Belarusian Victoria Azarenka had to work harder than expected in his first game at WTA 1000 Rome the polish is new Magda Linettewhich he eliminated in 3 sets, for a final result of 6-7(5), 6-4 and 6-3to be in the third round of the Foro Italico.
Azarenka, who stayed in the third round of the recent Madrid tournament, will be looking to overcome that round and the resounding victory over Linette, which she had to bounce back from, after dropping the first set, to qualify.
The Pole, number 51, knew how to recover after giving up serve up to 3 times, but was able to level the contest in each of the following games and then win the tie-break.
Azarenka, against the ropes, was forced to react, improved to take the second set and face the third with options to seal a more difficult victory than expected, where she wasted up to 5 match points before sealing his pass to the third round.
In addition, French Caroline García won her match against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 6-2 and 7-6 (5), so she will face American Danielle Collins, number 15, in the third round , which he did not win. never won.
The Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the finalist of the last edition, will next rival the Greek Maria Sekkari, after winning the round due to the retirement of her compatriot Lesia Tsurenko.
Source: La Verdad
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