the Spanish tennis player Cristina Bucca lost this Monday against Romanian Simona Halepthird favorite, by 6-3 and 7-5 and bye to the WTA 250 tournament on the Washington hard court in the first round.
Simona Halep, number 16 in the WTA ranking, started the match in a very serious way, breaking the Spaniard’s serve in the second game. Cristina Bucca, world number 123recovered and tied the set at two, but the Romanian picked up the pace and won the first set.
Bucsa, 24, started the second set like the first, trailing 2-0, but didn’t throw in the towel and tried to get close and pressure Halep, 30. The Spaniard managed to take the set to a 5-5 tie, after catching three games. In the end, Halep took the set and the match.
Halep has not competed since Wimbledon, where she lost in the semifinals to the reigning Kazakh. Elena Rybakina. The Romanian will try to get his second title of the year, after winning the tournament in Melbourne (Australia).
The Romanian, third seed, will face the winner of the match between American Madison Brengle, number 61 in the world, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya, number 71 in the WTA ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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