The tennis player of Castellón Sarah Sorribes He put up a fight this Sunday against the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, but she was eliminated (6-4, 5-7 and 6-1) from the WTA 1,000 in Rome due to the perseverance and success of the number 10 in the ranking, who will face the Slovakian in the round of 16 Rebecca Sramkova.
Ostapenko needed more than 2 and a half hours to eliminate Sorribes. Last year the executioner of Paula Badosa In the quarterfinals of this same tournament, also in 3 sets, he had to bring out his best version against the Castellón player, who showed power throughout the match despite the loss.
Because despite losing the first set when he was the first to break, he never stopped his efforts in the second, where he went down 3-0.
They came back to lead 4-3. He is confident, plays great tennis, is agile and accurate from the back of the court. Ostapenko was frustrated and did not close out the match until the third set.
A challenge, the decisive one, where this time, despite the ‘break’ he received, the superiority and speed set by the Latvian, full owner who closed in 42 minutes, the fastest of the match, his ticket to the round of 16.
In that round, Ostapenko will face Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova, ranked number 120.
Source: La Verdad
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