MADRID, April 4 (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa got off to a good start on the clay courts and qualified on Tuesday for the second round of the tournament in Charleston (United States), while Bernabé Zapata and Roberto Carballés qualified respectively in Estoril (Portugal) and Marrakech (Morocco). ). ).

The Catalan player, seeded twelfth in the event, was firm on her debut and barely left any choice to Egypt’s Mayar Sherif, whom she beat in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 after more than an hour and a half of play.

Badosa had more work to do in the first round, where although he started to break and go up 4-1, he saw how his rival reacted to go up 4-3. There, the Spaniard recovered and chained seven games in a row to complete the first set and leave the second set in sight. Canadian Leylah Fernadez will be her next rival.

The Catalan will be accompanied in this second round by Cristina Bucsa, who had a more worked match against the Czech Marie Bouzkova, sixteenth seed, whom she beat in a marathon of almost three hours 7-5, 6-7( 3), 6-1 to see faces in the next round with American Bernarda Pera.

Moreover, in the Bogotá event, Sara Sorribes de Castellón won the duel against her compatriot Aliona Bolsova 6-4, 6-0 after winning the first eight games of the match, while Rosa Vicens, who entered the draw The main player since During the qualifying phase, he could not accompany her until the second round after losing clearly to American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-1.

On the other hand, in the red clay ATP tournaments of Estoril and Marrakech, the good news for “the Armada” came from the Valencian Bernabé Zapata and Roberto Carballés from Tenerife, who passed the first round.

In the Portuguese tournament, Zapata beat local Hugo Rocha, ranked from the previous phase, whom he neatly beat 6-4, 6-2 to meet second-seeded Hubert Hurckaz of Poland. Instead, Albert Ramos bid farewell to Austrian Jurij Rodionov in three sets (3-6, 6-1, 6-4).

In the Moroccan event, Carballés also advanced to the second round after defeating fifth-seeded American Maxime Cressy in a tough match lasting nearly two hours and 20 minutes. Tenerife came from behind to win 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1 and will now face Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov.

Less fortunate was the Valencian tennis player Pedro Martínez, who could not beat the Russian Pavel Kotov, winner in three sets (6-2, 1-6, 7-6), although the Spaniard had a serve with 6-5 in the third. take the ticket for the second round.