The Spanish tennis player Cristina Bucsa He was eliminated this Tuesday in the first round of the United States Open against the Italian Sara Errani, who came back from a tough and exciting match after losing the first set.
Bucsa, number 77 in the world, lost to Errani who is in position 96 in the ranking, who won gold in doubles at Paris 2024 with Jasmine Paolini and that the victory was recorded this morning by 3-6, 6-0 and 6-4, in two hours and two minutes.
Bronze in doubles at Paris 2024 with Sara Sorribes, Bucsa only reached the second round of the ‘great’ New Yorker on one occasion: in 2022, when she was beaten by the American Danielle Collins (n. 11).
His best result in a ‘grand slam’ was the third round of the Australian Open in 2023.
Bucsa has less consolation in the doubles competition at Flushing Meadows, where she will play with Chinese Xu Yifan. Both champions were declared last week at the WTA 250 Tennis in the Land in Cleveland (Ohio).
Bucsa started well against Errani and in just a quarter of an hour he won 4-1 after breaking his rival’s serve on two occasions.
From there, the breaks were returned without a break and in that break exchange Bucsa favored, sealing the first set with the rest and a great forehand in the corner after 35 minutes of the match.
The story changed dramatically in the second set, where Errani, more solid than a very shaky start, swept 6-0 in 25 minutes.
Everything remained to be resolved in the third round where Bucsa had a lot of trouble keeping his serve, so he had to save four break balls between his first two service turns.
He earned it but in the fifth he received the break against an Errani who also didn’t know how to get off the scoreboard and then lost serve.
At 3-3 and in the most even and sharpest moment of the rivalry, Bucsa, unable to find a way to secure his serve, was stuck again on a ‘break’ and Errani did not miss that opportunity to close the pass in the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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