After Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Lucia Bronzetti also secures the pass for the quarter-finals of the “Gran Prix Sar la Princesse Lalla Meryem”, WTA 250 tournament with a prize pool of $267,082 currently underway on the red clay of Rabat, Morocco.
In a tricolor derby between “past champions” there 25 year old from Rimini from Villa Verucchion.48 WTA and fourth seed, as well as reigning champion, he batted for 62 63, in an hour and 37 minutes of playMartina Trevisan, n.88 WTA, winner of the 2022 edition.
“It’s not easy to play against a friend and against an expert player like her – Bronzetti’s immediate comment – I tried to stay focused and take advantage of the opportunities. Here in Rabat I feel good. Next opponent? I don’t know who it will be yet, for the moment I’m focusing on the doubles that I’ll have to play in a little while.”
The derby. Lots of wind and still complicated playing conditions. The 30-year-old left-hander from Florence had won the only previous match against the Romagna player in two sets, played in Rabat, in the 2022 semi-finals. First set balanced until 3-2 for Lucia: in the sixth game Martina offers the first two break points of the match and on the second of these the Romagna girl goes up 4-2. Bronzetti, after canceling two chances for the counter-break, extends to 5-2 and shortly after, with the fourth game in a row, takes the 6-2.
Trevisan reacts at the start of the match second half taking a break lead twice (1-0 and 2-1) but on both occasions he was unable to confirm it. In the sixth game he manages to get out of the hole by recovering from 0-40 and canceling another break point (3-3). Problems again for Martina on serve in the eighth game too: this time she also betrays her with her forehand – first one into the net, then a second that is plenty long – and the break arrives for Lucia (5-3). And shortly after the Rimini native closes the matter with a delightful backhand drop-shot (6-3). The hug between the two is beautiful.
At the end of the program there will be a second round commitment for Camilla Rosatello: the 28 year old from Saluzzo, n.294 in the ranking, promoted from the qualifiers – protagonist on her debut in the main draw in the elimination of the Chinese Yuan, n.36 WTA and first seed of the tournament – faces the Russian Kamilla Rachimova, n.105 in the ranking (there are no precedents between the Piedmontese and the 22 year old from Yekaterinburg). The winner of this match will be Elisabetta Cocciaretto’s opponent in the quarterfinals on Thursday: the 23-year-old from Fermo, n.52 in the ranking and seventh seeding favourite, after beating the Moroccan Kabbaj, n.566 WTA, in two sets was repeated on Tuesday against the Chinese Bai, n.99 WTA.
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