Ane Mintegi starred in the feat of the day at the Wimbledon junior tournament this Thursday by winning two games on the same day, with less than two hours of separation due to the accumulated delay these days due to the rain, and against very complicated rivals to get into the quarterfinals. The 17-year-old from Gipuzkoa, who has competed in Grand Slams since he was 15, defeated second-seeded Filipina Alexandra Eala and British Kylie Bilchev. Daniel Rincón and Alejandro Manzanero were eliminated in the men's box, so she is the only remaining representative of the Armadita in London.
In the first game, Mintegi, who plays with prescription glasses, is a great restor and has a powerful punch, he beat Eala with great merit, before which he raised an adverse marker to win by 3-6, 6-4 and 7-5 at 2:11. After going ahead with a first break (3-1), his rival jumped on him and even served to win with 5-4, but Ane reacted, and with two other breaks he took the victory. Just a couple of hours later, he had to face Bilchev and he also won with a lot of effort and vice versa, because it was she who won this time in the first set. On court 18 and with quite a crowd cheering for the local player, but also recognizing the Spanish caste, Mintegi obtained his classification for the quarterfinals in the fifth match point to close it 6-2, 4-6 and 6-3 in 2:03. After suffering more than four hours on the court, she will face the 17-year-old Belarusian Kristina Dmitruk, sixth seed on Friday.
Rincon and Manzanera were left halfway back in their second-round matches. The 18-year-old from Avila fell to American Ozan Colak (17) 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 in 2:06. And the Valencian from Almoradí (18), against the French Max Westphal (18) by 6-3, 6-7 (5) and 7-6 (2).
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