Rome: Sara Errani surrenders to Svitolina, Elisabetta Cocciaretto also out
Rome: Sara Errani surrenders to Svitolina, out also Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Sara Errani surrendered decisively to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, the 16th seed and No. 19 in the WTA rankings, in the second round of the Internazionali d'Italia. The tennis player from Romagna succumbed to the two-time queen of Rome in two sets (0-6 2-6) after just over an hour and a quarter of play.
One-sided first set for Svitolina, who did not give up a single game to Errani. In the second partial, the Italian tried to fight back, taking a 2-0 lead. From here però the Ukrainian tennis player threads another partial of six consecutive games, closing the match 6-2. In the next round Svitolina will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
Nothing to do also for Elisabetta Cocciaretto, defeated by her black beast Caroline Garcia, 22nd seed on the scoreboard and world number 23, who è imposed herself for the fifth time in as many matches with the score of 6-2 7-6 after one hour and thirty-six minutes of play.
After a first set dominated by the Frenchwoman, the Italian fought back in the second set pushing to two set points at 5-4. The transalpine però annulled them both and closed the score at the tie-break, which she won 7 points to 5. In the third round, Garcia will face U.S. Danielle Collins.
