One in lime and another in sand for the Spaniards this Tuesday at Canada’s WTA 1000 in Toronto: Cristina Bucsa fell eliminated while Sara Sorribes Tormo advance to the second round with players like the Greek Maria Sakkar and the American Coco Gauff.
The China Shuai Zhangnumber 45 in the world, is in charge of ending the dream of Bucks in Toronto. The Spaniard of Moldovan origin never threatened Zhang, winning in 60 minutes in two sets 6-1 and 6-3. However, Bucsa (122) left the Canadian tournament happy, after earning her way into the Toronto draw with victories in her two qualifiers against Swedish Rebecca Peterson (91) and also Spaniard Nuria Párrizas Díaz (59).
Parrizas Diaz, who after his loss to Bucsa was replaced by occupying one of the lucky loser positions, was eliminated on Monday by Serena Williams, perhaps making him the last Spanish player to face the legendary American champion. This Tuesday, Serena announced to Vogue magazine that she will retire from competition in the coming weeks, almost certainly after the US Open that begins on August 29 in New York.
while, sorribes (41) advanced to the second round after a strong victory over the American Claire Liu (81) in three sets of 7-6(4), 6-2 and 7-6(5). Sorribes struggled throughout the match with her serve and needed 93 minutes to beat Liu. The 25-year-old Spaniard committed 11 double faults and had a first serve percentage of 54%.
But the Castellón native did not give up at any time and fought for all the points against a Liu who took advantage of the greater power and percentage of his serve. Sara Sorribes will face world number six, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, on Wednesday in the second round.
last tuesday night, sakkari (3) won his first tournament match against the American Sloane Stephens in three sets, for 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2. Sakkari, who is the No.3 seed and declared he was playing his best tennis, hit nine aces and a double fault. He also enjoyed 14 break points although he only won five.
the American Coco Gauff (11) also advanced to the next round with an easier win over the compatriots Madison Brengle (64) in two sets for 6-1 and 6-3. Gauff didn’t give Brengle a chance, posting a winning percentage of 82% on his first serve and 71% on his second.
In one of the surprises of the day, the Italian Camilla Giorgi (29) is recovered in two sets, 7-6(0) and 6-2from number 10 in the world, the British Emma Raducanu.
Also this Tuesday, the Japanese Naomi Osaka withdrew due to physical discomfort after losing the first set against the Estonian Kai Kanepi.
local heroine, Bianca Andreescu (53), advanced to the tournament he won in 2019 by defeating, with drama, the Russian Daria Kasatkina (9). Andreescu won in straight sets 7-6(5) and 6-4. After the match, the 22-year-old Canadian said he felt like “garbage” on the court and thanked the crowd for pushing him to victory. Andreescu was the only one of three Canadians who competed Tuesday to advance to the next round.
Rebecca Marino (96) fell in three sets against China qinwen zheng (51) by 3-6, 7-6(5) and 6-4 while Carol Zhao (188) was removed by the American Amanda Anisimova (22) by 6-1 and 6-3.
In other matches of the day, the Belgian elise mertens she defeated Hungarian Anna Bondár 7-6(2) and 6-1; the australian Ajla Tomljanovic she beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 2-6 and 7-6(3); and the swiss Belinda Bencic eliminated Czech Tereza Martincova 6-4 and 6-2. In addition, in the early hours of Tuesday, in a match delayed by rain, the Swiss Jill Teichman she beat American Venus Williams 6-2, 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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