The fourth seed retires after losing the first set due to cramps in her second-round match against Kazakhstan’s Putintseva
Sorribes Tormo also fell 6-4 and 6-3 against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka
Bad day this Wednesday for the Spanish tennis players in the Canada Masters that takes place in Toronto with the withdrawal of Paula Badosa after suffering a cramp and the defeat of Sara Sorribes Tormo in two sets against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Paula Badosa, the fourth seed in Toronto, she withdrew after suffering a cramp during her second-round match against Kazakh Yelina Putintseva.
badosa, of 24 years old, had lost the first set 7-5 as well as the first game of the second set when he suffered the injury that forced him out of the match. The number four in the world reached the Canada Masters, a tournament WTA1000after reaching last week the semifinals of the San José championship (USA.).
For her part, Sabalenka, number 6 in the world, defeated Sorribes Tormo (41) in 110 minutes and two sets by 6-4 and 6-3. Sorribes Tormo, who in the first round of the Canadian Masters defeated the American with great effort Claire Liu (81) in three sets by 7-6(4), 6-2 and 7-6(5), could not answer the service of the Belarusian.
Sabalenka made four direct service points but also committed 16 double faults. The Belarusian had a first serve winning percentage of 63% to just 45% from Sorribes Tormo.
After the elimination of Badosa and Sorribes Tormo, the Spanish representation in toronto is reduced to Garbiñe Muguruza (8) who will play his first match of the tournament on Wednesday night against the Estonian kaia kanepi (31).
On Tuesday, the Spanish Cristina Bucsa was eliminated (122) when she lost against the Chinese Shuai Zhang by 6-1 and 6-3. And the Monday Serena Williams defeated the also Spanish Nuria Parrizas Diaz (59) by 6-3 and 6-4.