MADRID, 10 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis players Roberto Carballés and Cristina Bucsa had mixed luck this Wednesday in their matches in the tournaments in Auckland (New Zealand) and Adelaide (Australia), respectively, with the Tenerife player going to the quarterfinals and the Cantabrian being eliminated.
Carballés qualified for the penultimate round of an ATP tournament for the first time since he achieved it in Umag (Crocia) last summer after beating the seventh seed in his event, the Austrian Sebastian Ofner in two sets by 7- 5, 6-3.
The Spanish tennis player was very solid in service, who did not lose in the entire match and with whom he gave few concessions, especially when he played with first players. However, Ofner had a dangerous 15-40 at 4-4 in the first set, a situation that the Canary Islander solved and then took advantage of his only chance at the rest at 6-5 and took it.
In the second, however, Carballés broke early to go 3-0, an advantage that he did not waste to seal his victory and face the first seed, the American Ben Shelton, a semifinalist in the last United States Open.
On the other hand, in the Adelaide tournament, Cristina Bucsa could not surprise and get into the quarterfinals after losing to the first seed, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who won in two sets 6-3, 7 -5.
The Spanish tried to stand up to a rival who has started the year strongly, with a title already last Sunday in Brisbane (Australia) and who had the duel dominated after chaining five consecutive games that allowed her to win the first round and go 2- 0 up in the second. However, Bucsa managed to recover the disadvantage and equalize the match, finally sentenced by the Wimbledon champion in 2022 with a new break at 5-5.