Renata Zarazúa celebrated her 29th birthday on Wednesday with a victory over Hungarian Anna Bondar, whom she defeated by 7-6(4) and 6-3 to advance to the second round of the China Open. His next rival will be the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, second head of series of the competition.
The match lasted for two hours and 14 minutes on the hard track at Beijing’s Diamond National Tennis Center. In a night session, the Mexican had to reboot in the two sets to stay with the triumph.
Zarazúa started with a service break, but Bondar responded immediately and won three consecutive games. The Hungarian resisted several bankruptcy opportunities in a third game, although the Mexican managed to recover ground to equal the 3-3.
Bondar’s reaction again complicated the picture for the representative of Mexico, who fell down 5-3 and with her rival to the service to close the first set. However, Zarazúa saved three points of set, recovered the bankruptcy and brought the definition to the draw.
There, the Mexican imposed 7-4 to take advantage in the match and direct their victory in Beijing.
The Hungarian broke the service of Zarazúa and came to 3-1, but the Mexican responded with a stroke that changed the course of the match.
Zarazúa won five consecutive games to give him the turn to the scoring and place a step from the victory.In the closing, he showed solidity with his sack and won in white his three last turn of service.
Bondar received medical attention when Zarazúa already had the 4-3.The Mexican retained control and took the last ten points of the match, with which she secured her ticket to the next round of the tournament.
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The result also had a revenge component for the Mexican tennis player, who had fallen to Bondar last week during the tournament in Seoul.
After overcoming Bondar, Renata Zarazúa will have a more demanding challenge in the second round of the China Open: she will face Aryna Sabalenka, the second head of the series and one of the main figures in the picture.
The Belarusian will be the next test for the Mexican, recognized by the WTA as the first Mexican tennis player to play the main picture of the tournament.
The duel against Sabalenka will put Zarazúa in front of one of the best-positioned players in the competition, after the Mexican managed to advance with a victory worked on her birthday.
