Tennis, Australian Open qualifiers: Trevisan and Bronzetti access the main draw

Take off the last passes to access the main draw of the “Happy Slam”, which will officially start on Monday 17 January on the Melbourne Park fields. Among the qualified in the women’s tournament there are two blue bearers: Martina Trevisan (n. 113 Wta) and Lucia Bronzetti (n. 145 Wta).

SEVEN TIMES MARTINA

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The 28-year-old from Florence who had risked a premature exit from the debut with the Romanian Fetecau (three match points canceled), did not struggle particularly on this occasion, imposing herself on the Belarusian Olga Govortsova (# 138 WTA) in the minimum of partials with a score of 6-2; 6-3, matured in an hour and twenty minutes of play. For Trevisan this is the seventh appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam, the third consecutive in Australia.

THE OUTSIDER

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Great surprise of this Italian expedition to Melbourne is Lucia Bronzetti, who entered the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career after beating Japanese Nao Hibino (# 129 Wta) by a comeback. A victory with an even more special flavor if you consider the progress of the match, where the Italian was down 4-6, 0-2 before ringing 11 games in a row and closing with a score of 4-6; 6-2; 6-1. Thanks to the results obtained during the week, the blue recorded a jump in the standings of three positions, with a current best ranking of 142 in the world. Only on another occasion Bronzetti had competed in the qualifications of a Major: at the US Open in 2021, where she lost, however, in the first round. “I have no words to describe what is happening”, the warm impressions of the 23-year-old originally from Villa Verrucchio, a few kilometers from Rimini. “It will take me some time to realize. My team and I did not expect to win so many games, we set out to enjoy this experience. Now I have gained awareness.” The one just won, however, is not the Italian’s first significant result of 2022 who also made himself noticed by outsiders at the WTA 500 in Adelaide I where he eliminated Abbie Myers and Kateryna Bondarenko in the qualifiers before challenging his debut in the main draw. the seeded number 6 Sofia Kenin, forced to a double 7-5 by Bronzetti.