World number two, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, laid her law against Colombian Camila Osorio, whom she beat 6-4, 7-5 to reach the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Madrid which she won two won years ago.
The player from Minsk stepped on the accelerator in the second set and finally defeated her opponent’s resistance and clung to the court until the end. Sabalenka became one of the sixteen survivors and will play in the next part against the winner of the match between the young Russian Mirra Andreeva and the Polish Magda Linette, seventeenth favourite.
It was the end of the Colombian in the Magic Box. Buoyed by the encouragement and advice of her coach, Spain’s Albert Costa, the South American tennis player leaves Madrid with a good experience in her debut in the event’s main draw.
Camila Osorio, who had to be treated by the physiotherapist on the left thigh in the last part of the second set, was able to prevail in every substitution in the first rounds against the French Clara Burel and the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, thirty-second favorite . She had a great resistance to Sabalenka and did not waver to the end. The Belarusian had to use her best tennis to win the match.
Sabalenka had already clearly beaten the Colombian at Wimbledon in 2021. On this occasion, it took her an hour and 55 minutes to end Osorio’s drive and faith, which he maintained in the first set, then felt like fading and reappeared in the final stretch.
The Belarusian, champion of the Australian Open in 2023, aspires to her second trophy in Madrid and to increase her successes to thirteen.
Source: El heraldo
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