Camila Osorio took the duel against the competitive British Katie Boulter after the withdrawal of the European herself in the third set (4-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0, ret.) in their duel for the first round of the previous phase of the WTA 1000 of Cincinnati. The Colombian will compete for a place in the main draw of the Western & Southern Open.
Osorio is excited to continue in Cincinnati
A lot of parity from the beginning, in a game in which there was no clear dominator. Boulter came out very strong from the service, one of his main offensive weapons, and always looking to pass the pressure on the coffee maker. In that vein, the Brit would have her first two break chances in the third game, but both well saved by a brave Camila. Even so, the break would end up coming in the seventh game, for Katie to go ahead 4-3. Based on deep returns and a lot of calm, the Colombian would recover the break immediately, but that bump in the serve would wreak havoc on her performance, and Boulter ended up taking the lead again to then close the set 6-4.
There was a moment of pure doubt at the start of the second set, with four consecutive breaks in the first four games. Boulter would take the great chance to break again in the seventh game to opt to seek closure with his serve. Precisely in this way he would have the opportunity at 5-4, but Osorio saved a match point and recovered the break, seeking to give the set a tiebreaker course. The British broke at zero to go up 6-5, but again, also at zero, the Colombian recovered it again. The tiebreaker would have the same adjusted tone of the entire game, and at 5-5, Osorio added twice to take the partial and stretch the match.
Osorio started the third set strong with a quick break in the first game, when surprisingly, Boulter decided to withdraw from the game due to some physical discomfort. Thus, the one from Cúcuta is one victory away from getting into the main draw in Cincinnati.
2023-08-13 04:23:29
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