When Sara sorribes he brings out all the pride he treasures on the track, he is capable of anything. This was demonstrated by the Castellón (48th) in the WTA 1,000 of Canada against the Czech Katerina Siniakova, Garbiñe Muguruza's executioner in the first round. Sorribes came back from an adverse initial set, which eluded him for details, and chained a tremendous partial of 12 games to 3 that gave him the pass to the quarterfinals (equaling her best result in a WTA 1,000): 6-7 (4), 6-0 and 6-3 in 2:52 game hours.
Equality, together with a triple exchange of service breaks on both sides, he scored the first set. The outcome was destined to a tie-break that began dominating Castellón with an exciting 2-0, but which finally ended up in the hands of Siniakova thanks to his umpteenth reaction with the marker down.
Far from collapsing, Sorribes channeled the frustration of delivering the first set into motivation for the second. And it was a cyclone: 'rosco' in 35 minutes and start again. The balance remained tilted on the Spanish side at the beginning of the final set, with a break that marked her seventh consecutive game in the match. But this time, unlike in the opening set, Sorribes imposed his law in another exchange of games won to the rest by both tennis players to seal his victory. In the next round, the tennis player from La Vall de Uxó will face Karolina Pliskova (she beat Anisimova 6-1, 7-6) for a spot in her first WTA 1,000 semi-final. In the rest of the day, wins for Sabalenka, Azarenka, Jabeur, Pegula, Gauff (went straight through Konta's downstairs) and Giorgi, who gave the surprise of the day by eliminating Kvitova (double 6-4).
Badosa breaks up with his coach before the US Open
Apart from the deed of Sorribes, on the afternoon of this Thursday the Paula Badosa's professional break with Javier Martí, who was her coach for the last eleven months. The news comes in strange circumstances, after the New York-born was eliminated by surprise last Wednesday in the second round of Canada's WTA 1,000 against Rebecca Marino, the 220th in the world ranking.
“Javi has helped me at a very important moment in my career. He has managed to transmit me the calm necessary to find my way again and it is something that I will always be grateful for. I am very grateful for all the work we have done together. My goal is to maintain the competitive order that I have achieved in recent months. I will try to compete at the highest level until the end of the season, proving to myself that I can push myself 100% in each week of competition. It is a clear step forward that I have taken in this time and that I wish to be able to consolidate in the future “, Badosa explained in the statement released by his press officer.
During that professional union, Badosa achieved the best results of his career with Martí this season. She rose to 29th place in the WTA ranking, won her first professional circuit title in Belgrade and had her best performance to date at a Grand Slam. thanks to his quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Time will tell if this decision, with the US Open just around the corner (from August 30 to September 12), has been the right one.
Results of the day in the WTA 1,000 of Canada.