Spain bid farewell to the United Cup this Saturday after being brutally defeated by Greece (2-1). Although the Hellenes, including Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, started as clear favourites, The series was decided in the doubles match (4-6, 6-3, 10-6).
Despite being known to the general public, Sergio Martos and Yvonne Cavallé put Tsitsipas and Sakkari on the ropesmore experience in large events.
In the first set and the beginning of the second, the Spanish couple managed to surprise their opponents with a very aggressive game and great success at the net that did not go through at important moments.
Tsitsipas and Sakkari are slowly discovering their best tennis to gradually turn the match around until they ended up winning 10-6 in the super tiebreak.
It is the closing of a tie that started in the morning the resounding bell of Jessica Bouzas’ victory over Maria Sakkari (6-2, 6-1) in a really good game where the Galician took advantage of many mistakes by the Greek player.
The tennis player from Pontevedra did not give his rival any options at any time.which started as a big favorite but is still far from the level that brought it into the top 5 not so long ago.
Spain was placed with the option of taking the victory in the second individual, in a high challenge. They face Pablo Carreño, who continues to fight to get out of the hole he entered last season due to injuries, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, one of the rising stars of the mixed team competition.
Despite the Greek’s favoritism, Carreño produced a great performance and surprised the former Roland Garros finalist who, after dominating the first set with a strong hand, saw how the match went wrong midway through the second, when the Asturian showed that his physical problems were behind him and, with great tennis, he broke his rival to take the match to the third set.
The decisive round was a real roller coaster that could have gone to anyone, but in the end it fell to the Greek side, which was more accurate and composed in the important moments.
Thus, Spain bid farewell to the competition after adding defeats to their two series, against Kazakhstan and Greece. Of course, stand at all times with a group of events that combined the experience of Carreño with the youth and inexperience of Bouzas, Martos and Cavallé.
In the other qualifying rounds of the day, Argentina shocks host Australia (2-1) and Canada won, at least, against Croatia.
Source: La Verdad
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