Sixth win of the season for Martina Trevisancaught in the first round all‘Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole against Naomi Osaka. The blue girl’s smile says a lot about the time she lived as the blue girl. Many difficulties, few victories, while against the former world number 1 she exalted herself, making very few mistakes and putting her opponent in difficulty by trying to move her as much as possible. Trevisan wins 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 33′. The n. 78 in the world made a lot of money with his first serve, taking home 74% of points with it. Osaka was very foul, especially on the break opportunities she had, so much so that she only exploited one of the eight overall she had. It was the first precedent between the two athletes and Trevisan’s clay court season continues in the best possible way, after the quarter-finals reached last week at W100 from Zaragoza. For Osaka, however, her debut on clay wasn’t the most exciting with her forehand giving her a lot of problems, as well as a confirmed poor feeling with the surface. For the Tuscan she is truly a breath of fresh air given that in 2024 she had exited seven times in the first round and twice in the second. She will face on Thursday Anhelina Kalinina and the only two precedents played between the two so far both smile on the Ukrainian team, even if they have never faced each other on clay. Kalinina won the first round match against Alize Cornet 6-4 7-5.
First set won by Trevisan, but how much effort
A very hard-fought first set with the Italian having to defend her serve with nails. We start with a lot of tension on the serve and we start with a break and counterbreak. Martina starts well but, however, doesn’t let go of her arm in the second game and is unable to confirm the break. Osaka he pushes well on a serve that comes out at not very high speed. The inertia of the match was on the side of the Japanese player who, with her shots, managed to get two break points in the sixth game and three in the eighth. Trevisan. Five missed opportunities that undermine the Japanese, who has no major regrets about the failed break points, but certainly confirms that she doesn’t feel comfortable on clay. While he thinks about the waste he just consumed, his forehand gives Trevisan a hand in building a break point: Osaka is unfortunate and puts an uncomplicated ball into the corridor which costs her the break. The Italian does not tremble on serve, commands the exchange and closes the practice of the first set with a tiring one 6-4.
Second one-way set
In the second set it is Trevisan to take over the reins of the game. Osaka is affected not only from a mental point of view, but above all physically, by the set that has just ended. The Italian took advantage immediately and forced her to take advantage in the first serve and broke her serve in the third game. Now Trevisan is more offensive: he advances on the pitch and continuously looks for the line against the former world number one who struggles with lateral movements. He doesn’t need to look for the line to make a point, just try to move it to direct the exchanges. Osaka tries to keep alive with the first serve, but fails to close the score in the seventh game. Fail two chances of 4-3, Trevisan attacks her on two approachable second balls and forces her into an error. The Japanese girl grants the racket at the change of court, but his good intentions are not confirmed on the court where there is only room for the smile of Trevisan who finds a very precious victory for his morale.
On the other fields: Gracheva wins, Linette does well
In front of the home crowd, Varvara Gracheva beats Viktoriya Tomova in three very tight hours. The Frenchwoman served for the match on 5-4 and it was cancelled two match points before suffering the counterbreak. Varvara doesn’t lose her concentration and manages to snatch the serve from her opponent and close 7-5. She will face the Chinese Yuan.
Gabriela Ruse leave only three games to Nao Hibino and wins 6-2 6-1 in 62 minutes of the match. The Romanian, from n. 162, wins the second round and will face the Frenchwoman Burel, seeded no. 7.
Magda Linette overcomes the obstacle easily Natalija Stevanovicwinning 6-2 6-1 in 69′.
The Serbian, n. 204 in the world, he never managed to break the Pole’s serve and did not limit his shots Linette. The n. 60 in the world will face the winner of the challenge between Pavlyuchenkova And Rus.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova takes advantage of the retirement of local tennis player Diane Parry to reach the round of 16 after just over one set (3-6 3-1 ret.). In the next round she will face French number one Caroline Garcia.
A convincing second round played by the Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva, who defeated Elina Avanesyan in two sets with a score of 7-5 6-4. The 16 year old waits in the round of 16 the winner of the match between Martina Trevisan and Anhelina Kalinina.
After defeating Peyton Stearns in the first round, Sloane Stephens defeats the Czech Karolina Pliskova in her sets 6-3 6-2. It will be up to one of Varava Gracheva or Yue Yuan to challenge the American in the round of 16.
(Pilgrim of the Year and Renato Nunziante collaborated)
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