Roland Garros, Lucia Bronzetti immediately out: goes down with Alexandrova
Lucida Bronzetti’s adventure at Roland Garros came to an immediate halt. The Rimini-based tennis player, number 57 in the world, surrendered in two sets to Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, number 20 in the seeding and WTA ranking, who won with a final score of 6-3 6-2 after almost an hour and a half of play.
An uphill start for the Italian, forced to give up the serve in her first service game (0-2). Bronzetti could not break free and gave up the serve in the fourth game as well, paving the way for Alexandrova who made the first set her own 6-3.
The balance lasts very little in the second partial as well. After an initial exchange of breaks, the Russian strung together a series of four consecutive games before closing on a 6-2 final and gaining access to the second round of the Paris Slam.
The Russian won the second set.
With this defeat for Bronzetti thus fades the possibility of an all-Italian derby in the second round with Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who will have to overcome the Taylor Townsend’obstacle in her debut.
