Cristina Bucsa fell this Monday in the first round of the Brisbane tournament (Australia) after losing in two sets (7-6 and 6-2) to Romanian Anca Todoni.the 118th in the world, who just played the qualifying phase.
The Australian tournament, in the WTA 500 category, This means the reappearance of Bucsabronze medalist in doubles at the Paris Games, after a month away from the court with a stomach injury.
The Spanish tennis player, 26 years old and 103 in the WTA list, fought in the first set, where he was able to take the lead by breaking his opponent’s serve (2-3), but He was unable to capitalize on the advantage and lost the tiebreaker 7-3, with two service breaks.
In the second set, the player born in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, saw how Todoni grabbed his serve and the same thing happened with his second serve, so at 3-0, he surrendered the initiative to his rival, who didn’t give the option to go back.
After a month of preparation in Torrelavega (Cantabria), the town where he lives, Bucsa will continue this month on his tour of Australia, where he will participate in the Adelaide tournament and in the first Grand Slam of the season.
Bucsa’s elimination from Brisbane coincided with Sara Sorribeswith her at the Paris Games, who had to withdraw on Saturday due to an injury in her qualifying match against Czech Sara Bejlek.
Paula Badosafourth seed in the tournament, will debut early in the morning from Monday to Tuesday (02 Spanish peninsular time) against Armenian Elina Avanesyanin the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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