Sorribes wins his first US Open match and Bolsava repeats

On the fourth attempt, this Tuesday came the moment that Sara Sorribes had been waiting for since she played her first US Open in 2017. The 23-year-old from Castellón and 82nd in the world finally managed to win a match in the main draw of the American Grand Slam and go to the second round. His victim, in addition, was a local player, the American Claire Liu (20th and 238th), whom he beat in two sets: 6-2 and 6-4 in 1h: 46. Sara has already won at least one match in each major (this year she did it in Australia).

Sorribes, who has undergone a remarkable physical change in recent years that adds power to his game and also changed his serve mechanics and the way he faces blows (with a peculiar scream included), completed a brilliant performance in precision, with only 12 unforced errors and few winners (9). He didn't need it because with his remains he managed to break Liu's serve six times. He broke early in the first set and a little further into the set in the second. And he recovered well the three times he lost his serve. With moments of very good tennis, above all intelligent, she withstood the constant climbs (up to 45) of her rival, aggressive but failing (50 not forced). Now a coconut awaits her, Belgian Elise Mertens (16th favorite), who easily beat German Siegemund (double 6-2).

“He had a thorn in it, he hadn't won matches or many games here,” Sorribes told AS. “This debut was not easy and now I'm wanting to move on. What I want, above all, is to play a good game, keep improving, add, that it helps me,” added Castellón. “I am calm, competing well and training well, with certain tranquility to face the games and that my level is good,” he concluded.

Bolsava smiles again

After a few months not as good as her memorable performance last year at Roland Garros, where she reached the round of 16 with great merit, Aliona Bolsava regained her smile with a victory against Jill Teichmann from Switzerland., who had beaten him just a few days ago and by a double 6-2 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open qualifier. Bolsava forgot about that and beat her friend, with whom she shares training sessions in Barcelona, ​​birthplace of the number 52 in the world, by 7-6 (3) and 6-2. For the second year in a row, the Spanish of Moldovan origin reaches the second phase of the American Grand Slam (in 2019 she alighted the Czech Strycova). His behavior was key in the tiebreaker of the first set, which he arrived after suffering to maintain his serve despite having served before with 5-4 in his favor. This did not make her hesitate and in the second round she came up and fine-tuned her serve even more, which worked better than usual (9 aces). Bolsava will face a tough nut to crack on Thursday, local 7th seed Madison Keys.

Results of the day.