Bouzková – Bronzetti 7: 6, 6: 2, Bouzková continues her winning streak, Nadal experiences the best start to the season

Twenty-three-year-old Bouzková won her first set in a shortened game. She led 4: 2 in the set, but also lost 5: 6. In a moment of crisis, however, she broke the opponent’s serve and won the tie-break 7: 2.

In the second set, the Czech Republic has already fully mastered the events on the court. She led 5: 0 and only then the Italian played the first games. However, Bouzková did not let the victory be taken away.

The 96th player in the leaderboard will play for the first time since September in the quarterfinals of the WTA Tour. Her next opponent will be either Polka Magdalena Frechová or the Spaniard Sara Sorribesová.

The three-time winner of the tournament in Acapulco Nadal defeated Stefan Kozlov, his training partner from the beginning of the week, 6: 0, 6: 3 in the second round. The American learned that he had entered the main competition as a “lucky loser” on Monday during a training set with Nadal.

After winning the preparatory tournament in Melbourne and the Australian Open, where he won the record 21st Grand Slam title, the famous Spaniard has already won his twelfth victory this year. Nadal had his best start to the season in 2014, when he was defeated by Swiss Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open final after 11 wins.

“It’s always important to win as quickly as possible, but the most important thing is the win itself,” Nadal said after the victory in an hour and a quarter in the heat and humidity. “It was in two sets today, which is great, and I will try to be ready for tomorrow’s next tough match,” added the fourth seed of the tournament, whose next opponent will be another American, Tommy Paul.

Nadal advances to a possible semi-final duel with Medvedev, which he defeated in the Australian Open final despite the unfavorable 0: 2 situation on the sets. The tournament number one outclassed the Spaniard Pablo Andújar 6: 1, 6: 2 and will face the Japanese qualifier Yoshihit Nishioka in the quarterfinals. The Russian tennis player can become world number one for the first time if he wins or finishes in Acapulco just like the current first man in the rankings, Novak Djokovic at the tournament in Dubai.