01/11/2024 22:59hs.
We knew it would be a very complicated stop. In front, Katie Volynets (103rd) who arrived as a favorite against Julia Riera (153°), the girl from Pergamino who got on the plane to Oceania with the dream of qualifying for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time. However, and although the story started well for her, it was not to be: in a battle of more than two and a half hours, lost 3-6, 7-6 (4) and 7-5 and was left out in the last round of the Australian Open qualifying (also unpublished instance for the 21-year-old girl).
The start was furious, with a fast 6-3 that made us imagine the best. But the Yankee tennis player put up a fight: she counterattacked with a 5-1 that beat her, with attitude and tennis, led to 5-5 and later a tie break that narrowly escaped him. In the last point, just as fought as the previous one, they fell 7-5 and meant elimination.
Riera had entered the third round of a Major for the first time. (AFP)
Podoroska, the only Argentine in the Australian Open
Thus, there will only be one Argentine in the Australian main draw. And one well known to local tennis fans: Nadia Podoroska (63rd), who will meet the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (99th) this Saturday at 9pm.
La Peke will begin her journey in the Australian Grand Slam this Saturday. (AFP)
2024-01-12 01:59:42
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