Paris 2024 Olympics, Jasmine Paolini takes another step forward
Paris 2024, Jasmine Paolini in the round of 16
Jasmine Paolini's adventure in the women's Olympic tournament in Paris 2024 continues: the Italian tennis player, number 5 in the WTA ranking, in fact defeated Poland's Magda Linette, 6-4, 6-1, in the second round. The match, played on the clay that usually hosts Roland Garros matches, è lasted one hour and twenty-three minutes.
The Polish athlete, who occupies the number 41 position in the world rankings, fought effectively in a balanced first set until 4-4: what made the difference in the fraction was the break won by the Italian player at the advantages, after she had cancelled two chances for the 5-4 Linette.
Much more linear was the trend of the second set: from 1-1 onwards, Jasmine Paolini è rose to the top by winning five consecutive games and thus conquering the qualification to the round of 16 of the women’s singles, on the same surface where, in June, è came to play the title of the second Slam tournament of the season.
For the athlete born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana 28 years ago è the eighth success in the last ten outings: the only two defeats came in the semifinals in Eastbourne, last June 28, against Daria Kasatkina) and in the final at Wimbledon, on July 13, against Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
