Indian Wells, Giorgi eliminates Boulter in two sets

The Italian leaves five games to the champion from San Diego and wins 6-3 6-2. In the second round she will find the Czech Noskova

Arianna Nardi

March 7 – 00:06 – MILAN

Good, indeed, very good, the first for Camila Giorgi who leaves the field smiling in the Californian desert of Indian Wells after eliminating the British world no. 27 Katie Boulter. The tennis player from the Marche region took the minimum of partials to prevail with a score of 6-3 6-2 in an hour and 18 minutes, displaying explosive and disarming tennis against the fresh champion of the San Diego tournament, probably worn out by fatigue. last week. For Camila, a significant victory and not only for the quality of her tennis: she returns to beat a Top 30 for the first time since 2023, more specifically from the season on green where she won over Ons Jabeur in the Eastbourne tournament. The Czech Linda Noskova, n.29 WTA, will be waiting for her in the next round.

AGGRESSIVE

Camila is immediately proactive in response and in the second game, at the first opportunity, she makes the 2-0 break. The pace is extremely high in the Italian’s half of the court, which brings her to just one ball away from 3-0, however, the situation is reversed just as quickly with a backhand error and a bad double fault that put the British player back on track. Having granted the counterbreak in the fourth game, Boulter has the ball of balance but it is again the serve that betrays her and so two double faults give the advantage back to Giorgi, who, mindful of what happened previously, does not hesitate to fly to 4-1 . Having regained continuity and confidence on serve, the girl from the Marche returns to dictate the pace and in the ninth game, with a winning serve, she wins the partial 6-3, in 40 minutes.

DISARMING

When Camila puts on the turbo, as we know, it’s difficult to keep up with her: she completely takes away time from her opponents and dominates the rallies with winners from the baseline. Essentially, what happened in the second set today. For the player from the Marche region two breaks in a row take place (in the first and third game), while Boulter appears in extreme difficulty, almost helpless in the face of her opponent’s explosive tennis. Camila holds the reins firmly until 5-2, when the serve falters again, granting the British player two break chances. The Italian tennis player is thus called to defend what she has previously achieved and without trembling she scores three points in a row, taking match point. The work ends with, again, a winning and convincing serve. The first one was good, in every sense.



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