luni, 8 august 2016

Muguruza, Suarez and Bautista reached the second round in Rio

The Spanish tennis players Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suarez advanced Monday to the second round of the Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro after beating Japan's Nao Hibino and Croatian Ana Konjuh, while Roberto Bautista signed a double win in singles and together with his compatriot David Ferrer. To round off the day, Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez defeated the couple formed by Argentina Del Potro and Gonzalez.

Muguruza caught him on his second run and passed over a Hibino knelt already this year in Doha before the Spanish. The third head of series in Rio, held on Sunday an irregular but effective premiere, gave no option to the Japanese, finding good shots from the first games.

With a 6-1 authoritarian tennis player born in Caracas left he touched a Hibino who had no arguments to stop the Spanish tennis. The world number four with the same authority sentenced the second. For a place in the quarter-finals, the Olympic debutante will face Monica Puig Puerto Rican.

Earlier, the Canary Suarez again showed claw to overcome their second meeting in Rio. The twelfth in the world, which dated back to Ana Ivanovic at its premiere, found many problems to be imposed in the first set to the 100th in the WTA ranking.

Suarez, who missed the first game in two balls break, signed his first break in the third, which was answered with 'contrabreak' of the Balkan. Then a new break for each player condemned the partial is dilucidase in the tie-break. In an eternal sudden death, the canary was more solvent.


Less trouble passed the Spanish representative in the second round; two breaks around the opening of the part allowed him to be 4-0. Konjuh managed to break the service of Gran Canaria below, but not enough to prevent his victory. In the second round, Suarez will face the American Madison Keys.

BAUTISTA, TWO VICTORIES WITHOUT REST


He also managed the passing round Roberto Bautista, who only needed two sets against Italian Paolo Lorenzi (7-6 (2), 6-2) to sneak into the third round. If in the second round progressed with aid after the Russian Andrey Kuznetsov injury, this time the Castellon had to be used thoroughly to the transalpine, number 41 in the world.

After a break for each, the opening set was decided in the tie-break, in which the mental strength of the Spanish prevailed. Then 16 ATP ranking remained intact his serve and signed two 'breaks' that allowed him to close the match in an hour and a half. His rival in the second round will be Gilles Muller, who defeated (6-4, 6-2) to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga .

With hardly any rest, Bautista returned to the track to advance to the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament together with David Ferrer. The Spanish couple signed a hard - fought victory (6-3, 7-6 (5)) to the Polish Kubot and Matkowski , to begin to glimpse medal with the crossing semifinals against Johnson and Sock Americans.

To end the session, the pair formed by Nadal and Lopez were imposed in three sets (6-3, 5-7, 6-2) to a Del Potro who accused the fatigue of playing in the morning before the Portuguese Sousa.

With this victory, the two Spanish couples are in the quarterfinals to a step to fight for medals in Rio.

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