Two luxury premieres at the Masters 1000 in Madrid (Spain). This was the balance of the first day of Brazilian tennis in the simple male and female key in the Spanish clay. This Thursday (24), Paulista Beatriz Haddad Maia, 19 number 19, interrupted a sequence of nine losses: he won from a turn to the American Bernarda Pera (81st in the ranking) and advanced to the third round. Following, the carioca João Fonseca (65th) ran over the qualifier Danish Elmer Moller (114th) and qualified for the third round. Both return to play on Saturday (26), at a time to be defined by the organizers.
Bia Haddad won at the debut of the WTA 1000 in Madrid!
In almost two hours of departure and turn (2/6, 6/3 and 6/1), Bia defeated the American Bernarda Pera!
Now the next challenge will be against Switzerland Belinda Bencic. Up, Bia!
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After a difficult start to the season, Bia today rescued her warrior style on the court. She left behind on the scoreboard, losing her first set 2/6, but recovered in the next partial, closing at 6/3. Then he dominated the third and last set by 6/1. The opponent of the Brazilian in the third round of simple will be Swiss Belinda Bencic (42nd). Earlier, at 10:40 am (Brasília time), Bia will debut in the double key alongside German Laura Siegemund against the Chinese Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai.
The young João Fonseca, back to official tournaments after a month returned in style. In just 1h13min, the carioca dominated the match, winning 2 sets to 0 (partial 6/2 and 6/3). In the second round, John will measure forces with the world’s number 12, the American Tommy Paul, a favorite to the title, who will make his debut in the tournament against the Brazilian. This season, João Fonseca won 10 of the 15 games he played. In February, he won the ATP 250 of Buenos Aires, his first title in the Professional Circuit of the Association of Professional Tenns (ATP).
𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 …
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