The Argentine player, Nadia Podoroskahad very bad news in the initial round of the WTA 250 in Austin, Texas, United States. The loss was 7-5 and 6-4 against the Chinese Wang Xiyu. The Rosario, ranked 85th in the world ranking, could not beat the 22-year-old number 64 and fell in 1 hour and 53 minutes of play.
The next match for Xiyu, winner of a WTA title in 2023 (Guangzhou), will be against the Latvian Darja Semenistaja (115), who beat the Andorran-born Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (318) in the first round 6-7 (2 ), 6-2 and 6-4. Later, Julia Riera (116), born in Pergamino 21 years ago, faced the Latvian Anastasija Sevastova (485).
If she wins, Riera will have as her next rival the American Sloane Stephens (40), second favorite for the title behind the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (35). The WTA 250 in Austin is played on a fast surface and will distribute prizes of $267,082.
Tennis: Báez won the title in Rio de Janeiro and reached a historical record
The Argentine tennis player, Sebastián Báez achieved a historic victory in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro by beating his compatriot Mariano Navone and became champion of the competition that was held in the neighboring country.
The Billinghurst man in the Saint Martin’s match beat Navone in two sets 6-2 and 6-1. In this way, the Argentine player who is having a great season won the fifth title of his career and, in this way, achieved a new championship. The previous ones were the ATP 250 of Estoril (2022), Córdoba, Kitzbuhe and Winston-Salem (2023).
Furthermore, with the victory, starting this Monday he will climb to twenty-first position in the world tennis rankings, his best ranking on the circuit. In this way, Báez became the tenth Argentine with the most titles in history since he passed Diego Schwartzman in this record. His next target is Juan Ignacio Chela, who with six crowns, is eleventh nationally, on a list led by Guillermo Vilas, with 62.
2024-02-27 23:20:36
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