The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia debuted with victory in the women’s doubles bracket of the US Open, in New York (United States). This Thursday (1), São Paulo, number 23 in the doubles ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), in partnership with Kazakh Anna Danilina (18th), defeated Polish Magda Linette (41st) and the Serbian Aleksandra Krunic (43rd) by 2 sets to 0, with partials of 6/2 and 7/6 (7/4), after an hour and 19 minutes of departure.
In the second round, Bia and Danilina will face the duo formed by the Spanish Aliona Bolsova (86th) and the Norwegian Ulrikke Eikeri (42nd), who eliminated the Romanian Raluca Olaru (78th) and Irina-Camelia Begu (42nd in singles, 99th in doubles) for 2 sets to 1 (4/6, 6/3 and 6/3), in two hours and 22 minutes of play. The duel will be this Friday (2), around 16:30 (Brasilia time).
The triumph served as a comeback for the Brazilian, 15th in the world in singles, who was eliminated from the women’s singles tournament last Wednesday (31), after losing to Canadian Bianca Andreescu (48th) by 2 sets to 0 (6/ 2 and 6/4). In her debut, the paulista had run over Croatian Ana Konjuh (117th) with a double 6/0.
Two other Brazilians return to the court this Friday, both in the men’s doubles. At 1 pm, the partnership between Marcelo Melo (45th) and South African Raven Klaasen (73rd) faces British Lloyd Glasspool (26th) and Finnish Harri Heliovaara (21st). At 15:00, it will be the turn of Bruno Soares (33rd) to play. He and Briton Jamie Murray (14th) face Polish Hugo Nys (54th) and Jan Zielinski (42nd). Matches are valid for the second round of the tournament.
In the same phase, Marcelo Demoliner (173rd) and Portuguese João Sousa (296th in doubles, 59th in singles) face the Spaniards Feliciano Lopez (70th) and Jaume Munar (197th in doubles, 57th in singles), who classified by beating the French Arthur Rinderknech (138th in doubles, 58th in singles) and Benjamin Bonzi (124th in doubles, 50th in singles) this Thursday, by 2 sets to 0 (6/2 and 6/4), in one hour and four minutes. The duel is yet to be scheduled.
