Elisabetta Cocciaretto’s feat on debut in Birmingham, Lucia Bronzetti does well

WTA Birmingham: Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti in the round of 16

Elisabetta Cocciaretto's adventure at the WTA 250 in Birmingham begins in the best possible way. The Italian tennis player è imposed herself with a peremptory 6-3 6-3 on the Latvian number one of the tournament Jelena Ostapenko, after two hours and twelve minutes, detaching the pass for the round of 16.

The match started downhill for the Italian, as she managed to immediately break her rival’s serve. However, the reaction of the world number thirteen was not long in coming and in the fourth game came the counter-break. Cocciaretto, as the match went on, found more and more rhythm in her response and after stealing her serve once again on 4-3, è she was able to double the lead in the ninth game, closing the score on 6-3.

In the second partial, è the Ancona native placed the first stretch in the sixth game. After the match was suspended for rain è the Latvian player to be dangerous, with the Italian player who è was forced to cancel four break points. Once the moment of danger passed, the Italian number two returned to control the game and on the seventh match point won the match, overturning the odds.

Excellent debut also for Lucia Bronzetti, who è imposed herself in a comeback over the Polish Magdalena Frech with the score of 2-6 6-3 6-4, after two hours and twelve minutes of play. The Romagnola struggled to get into the match in the first set, then from the second she found more and more confidence with the British lawn, managing to bring the inertia on her side and overturn the match.

In the round of 16, Elisabetta Cocciaretto will face the American Sloane Stephens, while the Rimini native will face the winner of the Russian derby between Elina Avanesyan and Anastasia Potapova.