Lucia Bronzetti, elimination and regrets.

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Lucia Bronzetti eliminated

Lucia Bronzetti's Australian Open ends in the second round. The Rimini native, No. 76, suffered her fifth loss in six straight matches against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, No. 82, who è set herself 75 75 75 and reached the third round in a Slam for the first time.

The first break è by Cristian who took advantage of Bronzetti’s forehand errors, went up 5-3 and went to serve for the first set. But the forehand in turn betrays her: she misses three in the ninth game, and they help Bronzetti sign the immediate counterbreak. The wind picks up, the blue player&#39s level of play drops, and she loses her serve for the second time in the game that closes the partial after 61 minutes. The Romanian, who was more effective on her first and second serves, completed it with seven more points and more than double the number of winners.

The second set immediately goes uphill for the Rimini woman who loses her serve in the first round of serve. The Romanian controlled the exchanges better and completed a 5-game losing streak from 5-5 to 7-5 3-0. Bronzetti has the merit of not losing court né of venturing risky solutions, and she threads a counter-partial of 4 games to 0. Down 1-3, he unleashes one of his best backhands, a very deep diagonal, to procure a  first chande of counterbreak. Cristian clears it with a strong first, Bronzetti earns a second opportunity and this time he takes advantage of it, attacking again with a diagonal backhand.

It's Bronzetti&#39s best moment, who responds better, holds the initiative from behind and turns the set around: he goes up 4-3 and serves. Cristian però starts the eighth game with a great backhand longline, prelude to the new break that changes again the scenario of the match: 4-4. The Romanian does not concede any more chances and completes the victory on the second match point. Bronzetti paid for only 8 winners to 26 and the lower return on serve with the second. In fact, she won 41% points compared to 65% for the Romanian. In the next round Cristian will face German lucky loser Eva Lys.

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