The Olympic medalist was left with a place in the tournament’s main draw after injuries to Spain’s Paula Badosa and Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic
After being defeated in the deciding round of the Australian openthe tennis player Laura Pigossi inherited a vacant main draw spot thanks to the Spaniard’s retirement Paola Badosa and the Australian Ajla Tomljanovic. The start of the competition is scheduled for Sunday evening and will be the second Grand Slam tournament in the career of the Brazilian athlete.
Paula Badosa suffered an adductor injury after knocking out Beatriz Haddad Maia in the quarterfinals of the Adelaide tournament. Ajla Tomljanovic also withdrew from playing due to injury, who suffered a knee injury. In addition to the 28-year-old from San Paolo, the French Leolia Jeanjean also benefited from the retirement of the two tennis players.
The debut of Laura Pigossi, currently 113th in the standings, will be against the American Caty McNally, curiously Luísa Stefani’s doubles partner at the Australian Open. In case of victory in this first duel, she can face the Russian Kamila Rkhimova or the Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl.
Laura Pigossi made an important leap in the rankings during the WTA in Bogotá last year when she took her first victory at this level and came to the decision. Her performance qualified her to compete in the Wimbledon tournament.
BELINDA BENCIC WINS IN ADELAIDE
On the eve of the start of the Australian Open, the Swiss Belinda Bencic showed that she is in the big stage by conquering, in the early hours of this Friday, the WTA 500 in Adelaide 2. The triumph was against the Russian Daria Kasatkina . The reigning Olympian beat Rivam by 2 sets to 0, partials of 6/0 and 6/2 in 67 minutes.
Satisfied with the result, she spoke about her moment on the pitch. “I’m happy to be able to show my work. I think I’ve played great matches since the beginning of the tournament and also against different types of opponents. I was able to prove myself in every way and go to the Australian Open with confidence,” she said. This was her first success on Australian soil and her seventh career trophy.
In addition to the 470 points in the standings, he will take home a prize of just over US$ 120,000 (about R$ 610,000). With the victory, Bencic tied the record with Kasatkina: now each has three triumphs.
Who also celebrated a title was the American Lauren Davis. She celebrated her second WTA win by defeating Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto for 2 sets to 0, partial 7/6 (0) and 6/2 in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
In the first set the draw was total without any break in service. In the tiebreak, however, the American prevailed and the Italian did not score a single point in the tiebreak. This drop in performance destabilized Cocciaretto, who didn’t find himself in the second set. Davis made it 5-0 to pretty much define the 6/2 win and the tournament title
AT 36, GASQUET LIFT CUP IN AUCKLAND
Frenchman Richard Gasquet also had something to celebrate at the start of this Friday. He beat world number 12 Cameron Norrie in the ATP 250 final in Auckland in a match that lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. The 2 sets to 1 triumph showed the reaction strength of the 36-year-old tennis veteran who, after falling a set behind and falling 4-1 behind in the deciding series, had the strength to fight back and turn the match around .
This was Gasquet’s 16th ATP-level trophy and the first since July 2018. The result shows the Frenchman’s resurgence as he recovers 25 places in the standings and now becomes 42nd in the standings. With the title, Gasquet is the oldest tennis player to win the tournament in its 66-year history.
Cameron Norrie once again bitter defeat in the tournament. The 27-year-old tennis player had also reached the final of the Auckland tournament in 2019 but failed to win the title.
The final was hard fought. Norrie used the range of shots to wear down Gasquet and take power away from his backhand to set up a 6-4 first set win. In the second set the Frenchman showed efficiency by scoring 13 points out of 14. Norrie managed to fight back, but ended up conceding a draw after being beaten 6/4.
In the deciding set Gasquet came back slower and allowed his rival to command the action. Norrie opened 4/1 and was in control of the game. However, the French tennis player’s claw ended up being predominant. He looked for a reaction basing his game on his backhand, broke serve to make 5/4 and defined the victory by going to the net.
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