From the tournament in Rabat to the Parisian Slam the Florentine’s streak continues. The last time in the quarterfinals she was in 2020, beaten by Swiatek
A great Martina Trevisan repeats the feat of two years ago and qualifies for the quarter-finals of Roland Garros overcoming in two sets (7-6 7-5 in an hour and 59 minutes) the Russian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, number 47 of the world ranking. The impact of the Tuscan player with the match leaves no doubt about Trevisan’s will to give her all from the start. With four firsts and a winning forehand, Martina holds the first serving round of the match and then breaks her rival’s serve for the 2-0. The Russian is forced to look for the lines to move the blue and put her in difficulty. Trevisan plays very deep, but the first free forehand mistakes arrive and the Russian operates the double break. For four games none of the players can keep the serve. The blue misses two break points at 3-2 then another four at 4-3. The determination is not lacking in the Tuscan who keeps two services at zero for the 5-4. The Russian, however, moves well, slips a couple of winning crosses and on 5 equal she snatches the joke from Trevisan who complains about every lost point.
The moment of truth
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In the moment of truth, however, Martina finds her calm: a double fault by the Russian, the first of the match, offers Trevisan the ball of 6 all. A tape denies her the chance. The second chance, however, is the right one and the two arrive at the tie-break. Martina has a rocket start for the 3-0, then there are 4 points in a row from Sansnovich. The first to reach the set point is the blue. Martina misses three: on the 6-5 she serves a second at 120 km / h but is pierced by the Russian’s backhand response. She then she has one on 7-6 and one on 8-7, but she is always wrong with the forehand. On 9-8 it is the Russian’s turn to reach the set point, but Sasnovich’s backhand ends up in the corridor. After also missing the fourth set point at 10-9 (another free straight), Martina closes on the fifth occasion for 12-10 thanks to the wrong backhand of the Russian. The blue also insists on the second part. She breaks for the 2-1 but suffers the counter break to zero. At 4-3 Martina struggles, loses another turn to serve, Sasnovich serves on 5-3 to equalize the fate of the match, but this time she is the one who breaks to zero and returns forcefully in the race for the set and the victory. Martina holds at 15, thanks a lucky ribbon and reaches her rival on 5 all. With a straight down the line Martina reaches a double break point that would send her to serve for the match. Sasnovich hits a weightless high ball on her fly, sending her to the stands. The blue goes to serve for the match. The 15-0 comes with the error of Sasnovich who then scores a crossed forehand for the 15 all. Martina slips under 15-30 missing a difficult lob, but Sasnovich’s long answer arrives for 30 all. Another backhand mistake for the Russian and match point Trevisan. The backhand of Sasnovich ends up in the net and the blue raises his arms to the sky. With this result, Trevisan is close to entering the top 30 in the world. On Tuesday she will return to the field for her second quarter-final Grand Slam of the carrira. She will face the winner of the current match on Philippe Chatrier between Canadian Leylah Fernandez and American Amanda Anasimova.
May 29 – 13:18
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