At the tournament in Mexico, Bouzková advanced to the finals in 2020, but this time she was stopped in the quarterfinals by a Brazilian opponent after a three hundred battle. The match was played better by the Czech Republic. She led 4: 2 in the opening set, but then lost the service and lost the lead. At 4: 4, Bouzková broke through the sock’s service again and successfully delivered the set.
At the beginning of the second act, Bouzková had the upper hand again, she led 4: 2 and everything looked like she was on her way. However, the Brazilian misled her and, with four games in a row, decided that the quarterfinals would go to the third set. He arrived at a shortened game, when at the state of 6: 3 the Czech Republic had three match points, but did not use any of them and eventually lost the match.
After a three-hundredth defeat, Elina Svitolinová, the number one, also finished in the quarterfinals. The Ukrainian tennis player, who defeated Bouzkova in the final in 2020, lost to 20-year-old Colombian Camila Osori 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 7. The match ended after midnight. Only then did the remaining quarterfinals begin between Chinese Wang Chiang and Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
Svitolin originally did not want to enter the tournament, because in the first round she had Russia’s opponent Anastasia Potapova. In the end, she decided to play and donate bonuses from Monterrey to the security forces of her country, which is facing the Russian invasion. She earned $ 5,800 (136,000 crowns) by participating in the quarterfinals.
MONTERREY (hard surface, $ 276,750 grant): |
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Singles – quarterfinals |
Haddadova (BRA) – Bouzkova (CZE) 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (9: 7) |
Osori (5-COL) – Svitolinova (1-UKR) 1: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
Parrizasova (6-Sp.) – Sorribesova (4-Sp.) 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 4 |
Fernandez (2-CAN) – Wang Chiang (CHN) 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4 |