Women’s Tennis, WTA Toronto. What a match Fręch. Battle with the Olympic silver medalist

Magdalena Fręch makes her WTA 1000 debut in Toronto From a precious win over Anastasia PotapovaThe Pole, with her patient play, kept the Russian balanced in the second part of the match and completely dominated her opponent. In the end, the Lodz native won 4:6, 6:3, 6:0 and entered the second stage, where an opponent from the same nation was waiting for her.

Sznajder didn’t decide to take a longer break and went straight from Europe to Canada. She faced a tough challenge – she had to quickly adapt to a different surface. She almost said goodbye to the show after the first meeting. She won against Harriet Dart Only after the third set tiebreakThis showed that Fręch can certainly fight with a player who has been amazing in recent weeks, using, among other things, her intense calendar.

The pole played with patience and wisdom since the beginning of the match. There was also no shortage of attacking work from the Lodz team.Which proves in her case that she is in good shape and feels confident on the court. The Russian had a lot of problems and made a lot of mistakes. Already in the third game, Frisch led 2-1 at a break, and in the following minutes she increased her lead even more. As a result, the score soon became 5:1 in favor of Magdalena. By the end of the set, the 26-year-old player had already taken control of the score and won 6:2.

The second game also started perfectly for the Pole. Already at the beginning they managed to break through after Diana’s double fault. Later, Frisch took the lead 40-15 with her own pass, She had two excellent opportunities to prove her mettle.. Unfortunately… Magdalena made mistakes that took her off her good game and a series was created that was suitable for Russians.

The opponent won a total of 10 games in a row, most of them after our opponent’s mistakes. Sznajder felt her chance, and got the chance to make the score 3:1. The player from Lodz generously defended the first break point, but sent the ball into the net on the second. The situation on the court suddenly turned in favor of the Russian, and after a while it was already 4:1. What was annoying was the fact that This was mainly due to the deterioration of Fresh’s performance.Which was clearly tightened after the unused points to 2-0. Ultimately, the set ended with a score of 6:3 and the third game decided everything.

The beginning of this game turned out to be very fierce. The women were probably winning games on their serve and this continued until the fifth set, when the Russian got her first break point. Fręch successfully defended the first but the second went Sznajder’s way. The score was 3:2 for the 20-year-old with the advantage of the break.The Polish fans who gathered in the stands in Toronto encouraged our representative to fight, and there was even a break point for the comeback. Unfortunately, after a while the score was 4:2.

Magdalena did not wring her hands and managed to make up for the loss in the eighth game. And the fourth time Diana made a mistake The score was 4:4. Ultimately, the fate of the match was decided by a tie-break. Fręch led 4:2 after her opponent’s double-serve error, but she gave up the initiative in the following proceedings. The Russian finished the match 2:6, 6:3, 7:6(5) and thanks to this she will play in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto against Coco Gauff or Yafan Wang.