Starting the season with a marathon of three hours and 22 minutes is torture. When the body is still assimilating the load of preseason training and tennis has not yet taken shape, the penalty of physical and emotional breakdown is doubled at the beginning of the course.
The two heroines of the opening day of the United Cup, in Perth, paid for it with pain and the occasional tear of suffering. Xinyu Gao is the winner. The suffering was worth it, because he won individually, when he replaced star Qinwen Zheng, who was absent at the last minute, and the team as well.
He led by batting Beatriz Hadad Maia by 5-7, 6-4 and 7-5. The South American is a severe victim of cramps. His countryman got the win Zhizhen Zhang, who defeated Thiago Monteiro 6-3 and 6-0.
Two opposing worlds in the same tie. From one struggling individual to another liquidated with a sigh. This is not new for Xinyu Gao, that last September he spent 4h.15′ on court against Sara Sorribes, his executioner at the time at the China Open.
China and Brazil are part of Group E which completes Germany, along with Alexander Zverev in front.
Source: La Verdad
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