Anna Bondar qualified for the third round of the WTA 1000 in Rome by defeating Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5), 6-2 in hour and 25 minutes.
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Without having been able to play in Madrid, Karolina Pliskova appeared at the tournament in Rome to have to face a Anna Bondar that came with rhythm. In addition to having overcome and won their matches in the qualifying phase, they found themselves with the victory of the first round. Therefore, with this adaptation, the current number 93 in the world presented herself with confidence before a tennis player who knows what it means to play a good role in this tournament.
Bondar is more regular
The Hungarian player started the match with better feelings. Pliskova, for her part, was gradually entering the game perpetuated by her own irregularity. Very good moments of tennis, and others not so good. She came back and served to have a break ahead, but Anna did not want to be at the mercy of her opponent all the time and she also found situations to harm her opponent. She made the counterbreak in a fought game and both would head towards the tie-break. The irregularity of the Czech returned to have her act of presence. Bondar took advantage of the mini break to go to 2-4 and from there, despite going 6-3 and Karolina approaching 6-5, The Hungarian passed sentence with a beautiful drop.
The Czech player had not liked what happened on the field at all and at the beginning of the second she saw how the duel escaped her. Anna was still in that energetic state full of confidence. She moved quickly ahead with two breaks and wasn’t going to give her opponent any sort of option. She found security in the service and that facet led her to win. She with 5-2 serving she found no problems and Bondar set course for the third round of the WTA 1000 in Rome by eliminating Pliskova.
2023-05-11 16:34:35
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