In any case, it will be a tournament to remember for Lucia Bronzetti. In fact, you have reached the round of 16 at the “Miami Open” without playing, third WTA 1000 of the season (combined with the second ATP Masters 1000 of 2022) with a prize pool of 8,369,455 being disputed on the hard courts of the Hard Rock Stadium facility (the “home” of the Miami Dolphins of NFL football), in Florida, which SuperTennis (and SuperTennix) broadcasts live and exclusively.
The adventure of the 23-year-old from Villa Verucchio, n.102 WTA, started from the qualifications seemed to have ended prematurely with the stop in the decisive round at the hands of the Chinese Qiang Wang, n.101 in the ranking but arrived in 12th position in September 2019.
Recovered as a lucky loser, another story began for the Rimini-born. At the debut he beat the Australian Alja Tomljanovic, n.39 in the ranking, after having canceled a match-point in the tie-break of the second set, scoring the first victory in a main draw of “1000” (at the first participation ), the first success on a top 50 in his career and practically securing his entry into the top 100.
Then, skipped the unprecedented tricolor derby against Camila Giorgi, 31 WTA and 27th seeded – forced to forfeit due to a problem in her right wrist -, Lucia liquidated 62 61 the Swiss Stefanie Voegele, n.140 in the ranking, also lucky loser but even more fortunate than the blue because she was rescued directly in the second round.
Today his path has been further facilitated. Bronzetti in fact benefited from Anna Kalinskaya’s walkover, Russian No. 84 WTA, who surprisingly had eliminated the Czech Karolina Pliskova in two sets, n.8 del ranking e 6 del seeding.
For a seat in the quarters will challenge Daria Gavrilova, 249 WTA and on the draw with a wild card, who chose to use the surname of her husband, the Australian tennis player Luke Saville. The Aussie player also benefited from a retirement: the Czech Katerina Siniakova, # 53 WTA, left the match under 6-0 1-0.
There is no precedent between the Romagna and the 28-year-old born in Moscow, who at the end of August 2017 reached the 20th position in the world rankings as best ranking.
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