Tennis News: Rebecca Marino achieved another career feat after claiming her second victory at the WTA 1000 level tournament which took place outside of Canada.
Looking quite stunning, the Canadian tennis player managed to defeat Kazakh national tennis player, Yulia Putintseva 7-6, 6-2 in the first round of the 2023 Miami Open season.
Hard serve is always essential for the Canadian and she showed it in the first round by throwing 10 aces and winning 81% of the points on her first serve. He also had no break point opportunities. While he managed to convert two of the ten break point opportunities he created.
Tenacity paid off well for Marino at the end of the first set as she created three set point chances at 6-5 before going up 3/0 in the tiebreak and snatching the final four points to win the first. set.
The first game of the second set completely changed the course of the game as Putintseva looked set to hold 40/0 only to squander the lead, then hit a backhand return into the net on a break point before letting go. drop the serve.
Continuing the momentum, Marino managed to snatch a 4-1 lead without encountering many obstacles to emerge victorious.
In the second round of the Miami Open, Marino had to prepare well as he was going to duel against the sixth seed, Cori Gauff.
On another court, German tennis player Laura Siegemund didn’t face much drama when she beat Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif 6-3, 6-4.
Siegemund appeared pretty good with his serve after winning 80% of the points from his first serve and 60% of the points from his second serve. He was able to convert two of the five break point opportunities he created and save the two break point opportunities he faced.
Siegemund will face 21st seed Paula Bados for a spot in the third round of the Miami Open.
Meanwhile, host Claire Liu will face top seed Iga Swiatek after her opponent Katerina Siniakova retired from the game at 6-3, 3-3 on the superiority of the Czech national.
In the draw for the same match, Japan’s Nao Hibino beat Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3. Until the second round, she will meet the 25th seed, Martina Trevisan.
Meanwhile, the two qualifiers, Mirjam Bjorklund and Tereza Martincova, had to go through three sets before advancing to the second round.
Swedish tennis player Bjorklund will face 24th seed Jelena Ostapenko thanks to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini, while Martincova eliminated German national player Tamara Korpatsch 4 -6, 6-4, 6-3 and will meet 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia for a ticket to the Miami Open third round.
Article Tags: Tennis, Miami Open, Rebecca Marino, Yulia Putintseva
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