Nuria Párrizas took a new step forward in her progression by winning this Thursday at the WTA 250 in Melbourne 2 the American Claire Liu (21 years old and 94th in the world), whom she beat last year on the way to her title won in Bastad, with a fantastic comeback: 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1 in 2h28. The 30-year-old from Granada, provisionally 63rd in the ranking, made her game grow and did not lose faith against a rival who had just won the promising Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and will face this Friday (01:00) at the Margaret Court Arena at the seed number three of the tournament, Russia’s Daria Kasatkina.
Párrizas credited a good percentage of success with first services (72%) and subtracted well to break the serve of the American five times, that could not prevent the spectacular flip on the scoreboard. As the minutes passed, he was encouraged and gave greater depth to his blows to overwhelm his rival, who ended up failing more than necessary. “What has changed so that now I can compete better is that I have equipment. Before I didn’t have, I traveled alone. Since I started with Carlos (Boluda), the physical trainer, Guillén, nutritionists, Mar and Carla, everything is paying off”, explains Nuria, before recounting that the match against Liu was “tough.” “You had to put up with everything that came to me and wait for my options. I tried to stay focused, not thinking about the result and trying to do what I had to do“About his next opponent, he will wait for what his coach tells him, in a preparation that consists of” talking to Carlos and trying to do what he tells me. “
Smiles crashes in front of Rakhimova
Sara Sorribes came across a new product of the powerful and dominating Russian tennis, the young Kamila Rakhimova, 20 years old and 120th in the world, who with a cheeky and aggressive game beat the Castellón in the second round 7-6 (3) and 6-4 in 2h25. He will face Li or Sevastova in the quarterfinals. Sorribes, who came from taking a flying beating in the first round to overcome the Brazilian Haddad Maia in a duel that lasted more than three hours, tried to impose his solidity before the deep hit of the Yekaterinburg player, which happened frequently when he tried to play it with a serve and net strategy. Rakhimova constantly pressed the serves of the Spanish, who had to face 14 break points and lost her serve four times.
In the first set she was able to force the tiebreaker after finding herself behind on the scoreboard, but in the second, when she tried to do the same, the Russian replied correctly and points of great merit, showing that he also has a good hand for the dejas and the backhand, the Sorribes specialty.
Resultados WTA 250 Melbourne 2.
Resultados WTA 250 Melbourne 1.