A very difficult day for Martina Trevisan. Tuscany knew she was playing a lot in this 2023 edition of Roland Garros: the 780 points to defend, the result of last year’s semifinal, were an important bill. The Italian was unable to defend them, defeated by one Elina Svitolinafresh winner of the Strasbourg tournament, returned to the WTA circuit after maternity leave with great conviction and confidence. The 6-2 6-2 speaks for itself.
However, it was not the usual Trevisan and it was the player herself who revealed the reasons for this setback, in tears at the press conference. As reported by Vanni Gibertini (Ubitennis)our standard bearer in English said: “Difficult day, difficult game, preparation for my second Grand Slam was very complicated. I had in front of me a great champion who is going through a great moment of confidence, it’s a bad day, but life goes on even if now it’s a complicated moment“.
And then speaking of the retreat in Rabat, the problem: “My retirement in Morocco was due to one reason: I suffer from Haglund’s syndrome in my right foot, probably the fields in Rabat had a different ground and on the day of the match with Fett I couldn’t walk. It’s been an issue that I’ve been carrying around since September last year, but it wasn’t giving me any signs of a rest. Maybe I shouldn’t even have taken the field in Rabat, but I’m very stubborn and I’ll have to use this for the next few times“.
There is talk of a congenital criticality with clear consequences on the preparation for this tournament: “Unfortunately in Paris I only trained for an hour, I did what I could, but it wasn’t enough for a match that was difficult, both emotionally and technically, against a champion who was in any case very confidentMartina concluded.
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