Lucia Bronzetti advances in Guangzhou, Elisabetta Cocciaretto immediately out in Tokyo

Lucia Bronzetti flies to the round of 16 in Guangzhou, Elisabetta Cocciaretto immediately out in Tokyo

Underwhelming debut for Lucia Bronzetti at the WTA 250 in Guangzhou. On the Chinese indoor concrete, the Rimini native è imposed herself with a peremptory 6-1 6-4 over tournament number four Elina Avanesyan, in not even one hour and twenty minutes of play. 

In the first set, the Armenian started off better winning the first 7 points played, but the Italian, for her part, first nullified three consecutive break points and then placed a partial of three consecutive breaks, winning the first partial 6-1 in just 27 minutes.

The second set è featured several reversals: the first to stretch è Bronzetti, who breaks serve in the fourth game and escapes to 3-1. Avanesyan, però, did not give up and reacted by winning three consecutive games and taking a 4-3 lead. At that point è the Italian player to raise the level again and immediately bring herself back to par. In the tenth game, then, the Rimini native found the third break of the partial and closed the score on 6-4.

In the round of 16, Lucia Bronzetti will face Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian

Ending in the first round, however, is Elisabetta Cocciaretto's adventure at the WTA 500 in Tokyo. The Marche-based tennis player, in fact, è surrendered in two sets to the American McCartney Kessler with a score of 6-3 6-3, after an hour and thirty-four minutes of play.