Lucia Bronzetti out in the quarters in Rabat losing a match already won

Lucia Bronzetti out in the quarters in Rabat losing a match already won

After two hours and three quarters of battle Lucia Bronzetti, world number 48, è surrendered with the score of 6-4 4-6 7-5 to Peyton Stearns of the United States, number 81, in the quarterfinals on the clay at the WTA 250 Rabat after being up 5-0 in the decisive partial.

There are as many as seven braks in the first set, in the first two games and the last five. In practice, the Romagnola loses her serve four times out of five, compared to her opponent’s three, and in the only game of serve she holds, the one in which she leads 2-2, Lucia still has to cancel two break points.

The blue player goes immediately down 0-2 also in the second set but then recovers immediately at 2-2 and incredibly never loses her serve again for the entire duration of the partial, snatching it from her opponent at 3-3, then cancels three break points at 4-3, misses a set point at 5-3 but the third at 5-4 finally è the good one.

Incredible what happens in the third set: Bronzetti goes ahead 5-0 with triple break, misses a first match point on 5-0 and in turn loses serve three times after missing another on 5-4. In the end, after missing four break points on 5-5, the first three of which were consecutive, è she had to surrender on the third match point against on 6-5.