Lucia Bronzetti signs the feat in Dubai

Lucia Bronzetti-Daria Kasatkina 7-6 4-6 7-5

Great feat of Lucia Bronzetti at the WTA 1000 in Dubai. In the first round of the 'Duty Free Tennis Championships', in fact, the Rimini tennis player, repechaged in the draw as a lucky loser, beat Russian Daria Kasatkina, the tenth seed in the sedding and number 13 in the world rankings, with a score of 7-6 4-6 7-5 after 2 hours and 45 minutes of battle.

Upset start for the Italian who found herself immediately down by a break, confirmed by the Russian (0-3). Called to serve for the set, però, Kasatkina trembles, putting the partial back in balance, which ends at the tie-break where prevails Bronzetti for 7 points to 5. Same script at the start of the second set with the Russian ahead by a break (2-0). Bronzetti’s reaction forò è was immediate (2-2). On 4-4 a new and decisive stretch by Kasatkina brings the challenge to the third and decisive set.

In the last partial, the balance is broken later: in the sixth game Bronzetti scores at the first useful chance, taking it to 4-2. However, Kasatkina immediately recovers the losing break and brings the score back to even (4-4). In the twelfth game, when by then the outcome of the challenge seemed to be marked by another tie-break, Bronzetti breaks serve from the Russian and gives herself the second round.

In the round of 16, the tennis player from Romagna will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, number 35 in the world, who won in a comeback victory over Chinese Lin Zhu (4-6 6-2 6-4).