Novak Djokovic overcomes an ailment and avoids the KO that Zverev experienced
Nuria Párrizas joins Cristina Bucsa in the Third Round of the women’s draw
MADRID, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista defeated the American Brandon Holt (6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 and 2-6) with an epic comeback in the Second Round of the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season, while Pablo Carreño lost against the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in 5 sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 1-6 and 6-7), and in the women’s draw Nuria Párrizas advanced to the third round after winning to Anastasia Potapova (6-3 and 6-2).
Bautista started the match two sets down but, despite the fatigue he might have after playing his postponed first-round duel against Joao Sousa (whom he overwhelmed 6-3, 6-2, 6-2) this Wednesday, he knew how to overcome and sign three sets in a row to come back and pass the round.
The tennis player from Castellón, seeded twenty-fourth, continued to demonstrate his current good form after playing the final in Adelaide last week. Of course, this time he did not overwhelm his rival but had to deal with a great Holt, number 215 in the ranking and from the previous one, who ended up lost to Hurricane Bautista.
After close to elimination against a rookie in Melbourne, the Spaniard knew how to throw his seniority to find his best game and be able to turn the tables in 2:56 hours of the game, and thus enter the third round for the seventh time in his career of the Australian Open.
At 34 years old, Bautista will face the winner of the duel between another veteran such as the British Andy Murray (world number 1 in 2017) and the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, winner of this doubles tournament last year along with his compatriot and friend Nick Kyrgios .
Pablo Carreño Busta led the other side of the coin, that of eliminations. The 31-year-old Asturian, number 15 in the world, let slip a 2-set lead to finally be eliminated, in a long duel of 4:11 hours, against the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, number 50 in the ATP ranking.
Bad day for the man from Gijón, who won the first two sets 6-4 and was able to seal his pass to the third round in a third set that went to a tie break, with 5-7 for the Frenchman. From there, Bonzi grew and got a tough 1-6 in the fourth round. In the fifth and final set, another ‘tie break’ which, once again, was won by Bonzi 4-10.
Nor could he get past the Second Round in Australia Alejandro Davidovich, who lost in a long 5-set match against the American Tommy Paul (2-6, 6-2, 7-6, 3-6 and 4-6). Game that he knew how to come back after giving up the first set but that escaped him due to a great finish by Paul, whom he had never faced.
The Serbian Novak Djokovic did meet the forecasts, who eliminated the Frenchman Enzo Couacaud in four sets (1-6, 7-6, 2-6 and 0-6) despite having to enter the locker room, with the physio, at the end of the second set (5-4 down). He recovered, despite giving up that set, and went on the fast track.
Instead, they lost other seeds in the tournament, such as the German Alexander Zverev (number 12 in Australia) against the ‘lucky loser’ Michael Mmoh, the American and number 8 Taylor Fritz against the invited Australian Alexei Popyrin, and above all the Norwegian Casper Ruud, second seed, who fell in 4 sets to the American Jenson Brooksby.
In the women’s draw, Nuria Párrizas (number 75 in the WTA ranking) beat Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-3 and 6-2) and advances to the third round, where she will face Croatian Donna Vekic, who also won in two sets. to Liudmila Samsonova in the second round.
Párrizas, who could not debut on Tuesday due to the rain, played this Wednesday and beat Haddad Maia, the fourteenth seed in the tournament. Despite not having a rest day, the Grenadian beat Potapova on the fast track and equals the third round – her best result from him in a ‘Grand Slam’ – last year in Australia.
