The good news of the day australian open played there Cristina Bucca who won their match against Canadian Bianca Andreescuworld number 42, and reached the third round of the first “Grand Slam” of the year.
The Cantabrian aenista, 25, won by 2-6, 7-6 and 6-4 and he meets in the next turn with himThe Polish Iga Swiatek, world number one.
After Nadal’s farewell in Melbourne, there was only one national tennis player left on the court this Wednesday, Cristina Bucsa. Their match started late due to rain, but this did not affect the Cantabrian who started with a draw in their favor.
However, Andreescu managed to break Bucsa’s serve and took the opportunity to take a 1-2 lead. In the fifth game he hit the Spaniards again with another break and thus paved the way for take the first set.
But Bucsa didn’t make it easy, despite starting the second set losing serve. That’s when his reaction came. He returned the station wagon to the Canadian and scored four consecutive games to get 5-1 in their favor. Although in front was a Grand Slam winner and knew how to react to take this set to the ‘tie break’. There, thanks to an error from the Canadian and a forehand winner from the Spaniard, they served to tie the match 1-1, so the third set had to be played.
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In the last set, Bucsa started with a break and consolidated their advantage with their serve. But Andreescu succeeded again and tied the set. The Spaniard did not weaken and was able to hang on to end up taking the set 6-4 and thus sealing her pass in the next round.
Thus, for the first time in his career, he is entering the third round of a “Grand Slam”. Oh Oral It will be time for me to face the Polish Iga Swiatek, who beat Colombian Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-3.
Bautista advances to the second round with conviction
Roberto Bautista (24) from Castellón met his first test with a firm step against Portuguese Joao Sousa, which he won by a clear scoreline of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2 despite the fact that his match of the first round at the Australian Open It will be interrupted by the rain on Tuesday and will resume in the afternoon of this Wednesday.
“I was superior. I controlled the game throughout the match”, he explained in a press conference after a match where he almost hit the total number of break points converted, five out of six.
He was also great with his serve contesting 65% of the points with the former and getting 78% of those; while from the rest area he racked up 77% in play with his first hit after the Portuguese serve.
“Yesterday I went to bed very late and today I got up very early. It’s a very complicated Grand Slam because the conditions are constantly changing,” he explained, alluding to the drastic changes in weather that the city has been going through. Melbourne city.
His next opponent will be the American from the previous one, Brandon Holt, and he said he knows “little” about this player, although he is aware that his game is based on fast shots and few rallies.
There could be a hypothetical third round against Britain’s Andy Murray if the Scottish veteran gets the better of Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Bautista beat Murray in the first round of 2019, in what was to be the last game for the Briton, who has reconsidered his decision to retire after recovering from injuries. ECE
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