Lucia Bronzetti finds her smile again at Wimbledon

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After five consecutive defeats, Lucia Bronzetti regained victory on her Wimbledon debut. In fact, the tennis player from Romagna, number 63 in the world, beat Swiss Jill Teichmann, number 93 in the WTA ranking with the final score of 6-4 7-5 after an hour and a half of play.

The <8217;Azzurra gets off to a strong start right away: break in the opening, confirmed on serve (2-0). The Helvetic manages to break free in the third game not before nullifying two break points but does not recover the break, which Bronzetti retains until the final 6-4.

Second set more balanced with both players not conceding break points until 4-4. In the ninth game, at the first useful opportunity, the Rimini player takes the serve away from Teichmann but called to serve for the match gives the break back to the Swiss. At 5-5, however, Bronzetti got another break and this time did not tremble on serve, closing on her second match point.

Thanks to this success, Bronzetti hits the second round at the Championships for the first time in her career. The Romagnola will face Russian Mirra Andreeva, number 7 in the ranking and seeding,

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