Muguruza sweeps, Sorribes continues 'on fire' and Carla says goodbye

Garbiñe Muguruza advances with effort, but with a firm step, in the women's Olympic tennis tournament. The Spanish reaped one of those victories that fill her up against a player she had not managed to beat in her only two previous matches, Qiang Wang (29 years and 48th in the world). The Chinese had prevailed in the semifinals of Hong Kong and Zhuhai, in 2018. This time he succumbed 6-3 6-0 in 61 minutes. With this cold revenge, in a date in which it hurts especially to lose, Garbiñe gets into the round of 16, a round in which he will face Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, who gave one of the bells of the day when she eliminated Petra Kvitova, one of the favorites, 5-7, 6-3 and a painful 6-0.

With a solid tennis, forceful hitting and constant pressure, the Spanish got rid of a rival who could not find a way to stop her. In the first set, Garbiñe matured it until he scored a first break (4-2), and although he immediately conceded one, He put dirt back in with ease and got hold of the sleeve.

The second was a ride for Muguruza, who set the cruising speed and He put a devastating donut on Wang, with ten points lost to service and only four unforced errors, for a total of 13.

Sorribes prolongs the magic

The day after winning number one in the world, Australian Ashleigh Barty, Sara Sorribes did not relax, far from it, and he won with authority the French Fiona Ferro (24 years old and 84th in the world), a rival who, like Muguruza against Wang, had not been able to win in her only two duels (both in 2019 in Hobart and Palermo). The Castellón pulled out her thorn with a victory for 6-1 and 6-4 in 97 minutes, which places her already in the eighth in her Olympic debut. In that round she will face the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, finalist this year at Roland Garros, who beat the German Friedsam with great solvency (double 6-1).

With his physically unapproachable game, which drives his rivals to despair, and the good hand he has near the net, Sorribes dominated to a bewildered Ferro, who even came to celebrate as good a ball that had clearly gone out. Although she competed better in the second heat and got a break in the seventh game, she couldn't stop Sara from finally defeating her and at the best possible moment for the Spanish, who, with a perennial smile from ear to ear, continues to dream in Tokyo.

Badosa gets bigger and Carla says goodbye

Paula Badosa, against a rival of great substance such as the Polish Iga Swiatek, Roland Garros champion in 2020 and number 8 in the WTA ranking, she suffered less than in her debut match (where she came back from an adverse set) and He is already in the round of 16 in Tokyo. The New York-born woman grows up in the face of great challenges and this Monday she showed it again with a well-worked victory: 6-3 and 7-6 (4) after an hour and 50 minutes of play. Paula's path to success will be, a priori, something kinder in the next round, where she will be measured against Argentina Podoroska (beat Alexandrova 6-1, 6-3) for a spot in the quarterfinals.

He will no longer aspire to this round Carla Suárez, who said goodbye to her Olympic participation after giving a whole new lesson in courage on the track. The canary made things difficult for a whole Karolina Pliskova that in Tokyo leaves with one of the posters of great favorites. After losing the first set, Carla reacted with claw in the second to force the third with a donut in the tie-break. But the Czech, 7th WTA, turned the situation around with force when she seemed against the ropes (6-3, 6-7 and 6-1).

Olympic tennis results.