The Canadian tennis player achieves another important triumph in her journey through Thailand. Andreescu manages to maintain a good rhythm for much of the match and ruins the career of Anastasia Zahkarova, whom she ends up winning in two sets (6-2, 7-5) after 1h32min of good tennis. Bianca Andreescu continues to play favoritism in Hua Hin.
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Bianca Andreescu faced the second of the important matches on the WTA circuit at the start of the new 2023 season. after participating in the Hua Hin women’s final draw, where she would have to face the Russian Anastasia Zakharova in the second round. The Canadian was in this round after having debuted with victory against the British Harriet Dart. For her part, the Russian had to know overcome the difficult encounter that the Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova would plant. Inside of the head to head there were no precedents between the two playersso it would be the first meeting between the two rackets.
A devastating start
The match started strong for Bianca Andreescu. The Canadian player managed to get the first three consecutive points of the match, where he would add two service breaks. After this start, the Russian Anastasia Zakharova had to count the streak, who would break his rival’s serve to score two consecutive points. Finally, nothing would make Andreescu add another three consecutive points, including service breaks, to score the first set with a 6-3 in his favor.
Put on the overalls to win the game
At the start of the second set, it would now be Anastasia Zakharova who began to dominate on the scoreboard. At the moment she would add Bianca Andreescu el tanto del empathe, now taking place an exchange of blows with the serve of each racket. The turning point came after Zakharova put it 5-4 in her favor. At that precise moment, it would be Andreescu who would pull favoritism to not only put the tie, but to score another two points in a row, with a break, and place the 7-5 in their favor. With this he confirmed his pass to the next round, where he already expects a rival in his journey through Thailand.
