Madrid Open: Disqualification for Papamicail

THE Despina Papamichaeldespite leading 5-2 in the first set, he was eventually defeated with 7-6(2), 6-2 of the Spaniard and No. 76 in the world rankings Nuria Parithas Diath as part of his 1st qualifying round Madrid open.

The world No. 152 got off to a dream start, being consistent on serve and achieving easy holds while also managing to find a break in game 6 and go 4-2 and immediately after that 5-2 after a difficult one Leading the game holds the serve.

In fact, she had 3 set points available in Game 8, but the Spaniard erased them, reducing the result to 5-3. Papamichail took the balls in her hands to end the set, however, Parithas Diath managed to regain her lost serve and reduced even more to 5-4, while equalizing to 5-5 with a love play immediately afterwards.

The set went into a tiebreaker where Papamicail found the first mini-break for 2/0. But from that point Parithas Diath won the next 7 points and also the set to take a 1-0 lead.

In the second leg of the match, the 31-year-old Spaniard won the first 3 games (3-0) and found a break in serve from Papamichail, who in turn tried to regain the break but parithas sealed it with a break again (6: 2) the win and qualified for the 2nd round of the qualifying phase.

There she meets German and world No. 112 Tamara Korpats, who defeated Russian (No. 166) Elina Avanesian 6-4, 6-1 in 88 minutes.

source: Tennis24.gr