Jaume Munar and Nuria Párrizas, the only Spanish representatives in the ATP and WTA 250 tournaments in Adelaide 2, fell on Wednesday in the round of 16 to Marin Cilic and Liudmila Samsonova, respectively.
Munar could not with a Cilic who is still in a state of grace after a good end of 2021 that restored his illusion and led him to win a title (in Saint Petersburg). The 33-year-old Croatian veteran and current 29th in the world, who was number three four seasons after winning the US Open in 2014, won 7-6 (6) and 6-2 in 1h38 the Mallorcan, who continues with his commitment to subtract very close to the baseline when he faces powerful servers, a tactic that allows him to compete as he did in a first set in which he was two points from getting ahead in the tiebreaker. The second set was dominated with more clarity and two breaks Cilic, who connected 10 aces for a total of 29 winners. The No. 1 seed will meet American Tommy Paul in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
For Párrizas, who had just won the French Alize Cornet with great merit, her match against a rising player was very difficult, fundamental in the victory of the Russian Federation in the Finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and that will give a lot to talk about this season. Samsonova won by a resounding 6-2 and 6-1 in 67 minutes and will be seen on Thursday in the quarterfinals with the American Madison Keys. Liudmila, a late burst at 23 years old, is already the 39th in the WTA ranking and showed that she can be even higher. Forceful, it did not allow the grenadian to play comfortably at any time, she played a great game with very few cracks, in which she did not grant a single chance to break and won 84% of points with second serves, a fact that is very impressive. attention. Absolute superiority. Nuria also played with a bandage on her right thigh. Párrizas can go up a couple of places in the classification, up to 62nd, before the Australian Open, which he will face with enthusiasm and without going through the previous one.
ATP Adelaide Results 2.
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