Indian Wells: Lucia Bronzetti flies to third round, Anhelina Kalinina knocked out
Indian Wells: Lucia Bronzetti-Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-4
Lucia Bronzetti's adventure at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 continues. The tennis player from Rimini, in fact, è imposed herself in two sets against the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina with the score of 6-3 6-4, snatching the pass for the third round and getting even closer to re-entry in the top 50 players of the WTA Ranking.
In the early games Bronzetti managed to hold her rival, even creating chances to take the lead. As the set went on, the Rimini player gained more and more confidence, and after failing an opportunity to break serve, she managed to place the decisive break in the ninth game, winning the first partial 6-3.
The second set began with a setback for the Italian, who immediately gave up her serve. However, the Rimini native not only manages to contain the world number 32, but also to reset everything and immediately place the counterbreak. From that moment, the inertia returned in favor of the Italian player, who è was able to take advantage of several errors by her opponent and take a 5-2 lead. Kalinina, however, has a reaction of pride and manages to regain one of the two breaks of disadvantage, but the 25-year-old from Emilia manages to close the accounts in the tenth game.
In the next round Lucia Bronzetti will face the winner of the match between the American Coco Gauff and the French Clara Burel.