Bronzetti-Trevisan, blue derby that is worth the final (at 15 on tv)

She is the 26th Italian in history to reach the last act in a major circuit tournament. Martina Trevisan qualified for the final of the “Gran Prix Sar la Princesse Lalla Meryem”, WTA 250 tournament with a prize pool of $ 251,750 returned after two years of absence to compete on the red clay of Rabat, Morocco.

In the semifinal the 28 year old left-handed from Florence, n.85 del ranking, was awarded for 63 63, in just under an hour and a half of the game, the Italian derby against a Lucia Bronzettin.83 of the ranking, appeared less brilliant and perhaps a little tired compared to that seen during the week (the 23-year-old from Villa Verucchio is still consoled with the “best ranking”: on Monday she will rise to n.73).

There was no precedent between the two: for both it was the first appearance at the penultimate act of a WTA tournament. The two blues – both “bandaged”: Trevisan on the left thigh, Bronzetti on both the right and left – faced each other openly, pulling full arm as if there were no tomorrow. The first to try the extension was Lucia who in the fifth game took advantage of the first ball-break granted to her by Martina (3-2). The advantage of the Romagna, however, did not last long because the Tuscan tennis player became more aggressive, she began to respond, but also to serve, with greater incisiveness: she took the serve from her opponent twice in a row and with a streak of four consecutive games she secured the first set (6-3).

In the second fraction Trevisan continued to command the exchanges, thanks to the deadly left-handed trajectories, starting with the crossed backhand that allowed her to open up the field more and more often. In the third game the 28-year-old from Florence hit the break (2-1), later confirmed (3-1), with Bronzetti who in the fifth game was already good at preventing the breaks from becoming two. Martina defended the advantage without risking anything: in the eighth game Lucia canceled a match-point with a crossed right landed right in the corner, but on the second the right to open field of the left-handed of Florence closed the discussion (6-3 ). The hug between the two teammates is affectionate.

Martina served well (78% of first in the field with 76.9% of the points scored) and responded even better (44.7% of the points won by answering the first, 50% by answering the second serve). She overall scored 62 points against Lucia’s 49.

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