Aliona Bolsava is one step away from entering the final draw of the Miami Open after beating Coco Vandeweghe 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the qualifying phase., a 29-year-old American who is currently 210th in the ranking but was 14th in 2018 and won two titles. The 23-year-old Spaniard and 109th in the standings won in 67 minutes and will face Belgian Kirsten Flipkens on Tuesday at 15:00 for a place in the tournament that starts this Tuesday.
Bolsava prevailed in the first set with two breaks and the second sentenced him with another three after losing his service for the first and only time, which did not give him too many problems and with which he gave up 16 points. Vandeweghe had gone a year without playing a WTA match, since the 2020 Acapulco tournament, until he reappeared two weeks ago, precisely in Mexico, in Guadalajara, where he fell in the first round. He also said goodbye on his debut in Monterrey and in Miami he has not been able to pass the premiere either.
In the men's preview, Mario Vilella successfully beat the German Cedric-Marcel Stebe (7-6 (5) and 6-3) in 1h: 40, a victory worked against the 30-year-old and 133rd tennis player in the world. The man from Elche will seek the main draw against Australian Thanasis Kokkinakis. The other Spanish representative, Bernabé Zapata, could not with the Italian Matteo Viola (33 years and 249º), who beat him 7-6 (2) and 6-2.
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