WTA 1000 Beijing: Jasmine Paolini beats Beatriz Haddad Maia in comeback

WTA 1000 Beijing: Jasmine Paolini beats Beatriz Haddad Maia

in comeback.

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In the first round of the WTA 1000 in Beijing, the’last of this year, at the end of a crazy, crazy battle, as are very often the matches played by the 27-year-old paulista, which lasted three hours, Jasmine Paolini, number 37 in the world, beat with a score of 3-6 6-4 6-4 the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, number 18 in the ranking.

The first set è the emblem of the madness of this match: in the first seven games there are seven breaks, the last one è in favor of the South American, who makes another one in the ninth game after saving three more break points in the previous game and takes home the partial at the fifth set point and at the twentieth point of the game.

In the first three games of the second set incredibly there are no breaks, Jasmine loses her serve for the umpteenth time in the fourth game but immediately recovers it, then è she finally takes the lead in the ninth game by breaking paulsta and after saving two more break points she closes on the second set point.

The third set è a confirmation of the madness of this match: the 27-year-old from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana flies on 4-0 coming soì to conquer seven consecutive games but then she incredibly makes herself come back on 4-4, but at this point she has the strength to place the decisive break in the ninth game and then to close the practice at the first match point on her own service.

In the second round Jasmine will meet China’s Yue Yuan, world number 147, who defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens, number 29.