Lucia Bronzetti’s rocket start in Rabat, Martina Trevisan also does well

Lucia Bronzetti and Martina Trevisan advance in Rabat

Winning debuts for Lucia Bronzetti and Martina Trevisan at the WTA 250 in Rabat. The Rimini native overwhelmed young Moroccan Malak El Allami, giving up only one game. 6-0 6-1 was the final score, in just over 50 minutes of play. She encountered more difficulties, however, the Tuscan player who folded Japan’s Nao Hibino with a score of 7-5 4-6 6-3, after two and a half hours of play.

The first set è a real seesaw of emotions, asè from the third game onwards came as many as eight consecutive breaks, with Trevisan managing to hold serve in the crucial eleventh game, then winning the first partial 7-5.

Second set that lives on a roller coaster: Hibino starts off better and immediately goes ahead 2-0, but the Florentine è good at fighting back, posting two consecutive breaks and regaining on’1-2 from 0-40 on serve. The per’azzurra; failed to consolidate the lead from 3-2, failed to exploit a ball to go serve for the match on 4-4 and gave up the serve on 4-5, thus losing’6-4 the second set.

In the third set è Trevisan gave the first 'shoulder' to the match finding the break in the fifth game. In addition, the Tuscan managed to be more effective on serve as well and after nullifying two break points she again snatched the serve from the Japanese player in the ninth game, winning the match.

In the round of 16 Martina Trevisan è awaited by the blue derby against Lucia Bronzetti.