Mihaela Buzărnescu (127 WTA) lost to the American Cori Gauff (12 WTA), score 2-6, 3-6, in the second round at Wimbledon.
The duel between the two lasted about an hour and a half, with Gauff leading the game for most of the time. On the other hand, Mihaela Buzărnescu tried to respond appropriately to her opponent and even managed to create difficulties for the American in several games.
Also on Thursday, Irina Bara and Ana Bogdan also left the competition. At the moment, Romania only has Simona Halep and Irina Begu in the third round at Wimbledon.
Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff, 2-6, 3-6, in the second round at Wimbledon! The Romanian leaves the competition
UPDATE 23:46 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 3-6: Gauff wins the second set and manages to prevail against Mihaela.
UPDATE 23:44 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 3-5: Gauff is on his way to victory against Mihaela Buzărnescu.
UPDATE 23:38 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 3-4: The American quickly takes the advantage.
UPDATE 23:35 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 3-3: Buzărnescu spectacularly wins his third game in the second set.
UPDATE 23:24 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 2-3: Gauff quickly wins another game.
UPDATE 23:21 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 2-2: The Romanian tied in the second set, at the end of an extremely contested series.
UPDATE 23:11 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 1-2. Gauff takes the lead.
UPDATE 23:08 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 1-1: The two athletes repeat the start from the first set, and Mihaela Buzănescu restores the tie.
UPDATE 23:04 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6, 0-1: The American also starts the second set well.
UPDATE 22:55 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-6: Gauff wins the first set, at the end of a very good evolution.
UPDATE 22:49 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-5: The American quickly wins another game.
UPDATE 22:46 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 2-4: The athlete from Romania wins her second race.
UPDATE 22:41 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 1-4: Gauff doesn’t give the Romanian a chance.
UPDATE 22:38 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 1-3: The American is two games away from Mihaela Buzărnescu.
UPDATE 22:34 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 1-2: 30-40 for Gauff, who takes the lead again.
UPDATE 22:31 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 1-1: “ Miki” restores the tie and wins her first game.
UPDATE 22:28 Mihaela Buzărnescu – Cori Gauff 0-1: The athlete from America wins the first game.
UPDATE 22:25: The match starts. Cori Gauff serves first.
UPDATE 21:05: Although the duel was originally supposed to start at 19:00, the start of the match was delayed by more than two hours due to the other duels that had been played before in the Central Arena at Wimbledon. At the same time, the rain caused the scheduled matches before Mihaela Buzărnescu’s to be interrupted, so the rest of the program underwent changes.
Ana Bogdan (111 WTA) and Irina Bara (122 WTA) were eliminated, today, in the second round of the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon ( Great Britain ).
Ana Bogdan was defeated by Petra Kvitova (26 WTA) from the Czech Republic, the 25th favorite of the tournament, score 1-6, 6-7 (5). The Romanian missed two set points in the second act, which could have sent the match into overtime.
In the other match, Irina Bara lost to the Iberian Paula Badosa, (4 WTA), the fourth favorite of the tournament, score 3-6, 2-6. Irina did not have many chances against last year’s quarter-finalist at Roland Garros.
- Petra Kvitova will meet Paula Badosa in the 3rd round at Wimbledon.
Ana Bogdan and Irina Bara, eliminated, today, in the second round at Wimbledon
Around 19:00, Simona Halep and Mihaela Buzărnescu will have to enter the “stage”.
“Miki” (127 WTA) will face the American Cori Gauff (12 WTA), the number 11 favorite of the tournament, in a match that will take place on the Central Arena at Wimbledon.
- It will be the first direct match between the two players, in the WTA circuit.
Whoever wins this match will face the winner of Lauren Davis (102 WTA) and Amanda Anisimova (25 WTA) in the 3rd round.
Last, but not the last, Simona Halep (18 WTA) will meet the Belgian Kirsten Flipkens (190 WTA), on court 2 at Wimbledon.
- The two athletes have met five times over time, the score being 5-0 for Simona Halep. The last time they met was almost 6 years ago.
Whoever prevails in this confrontation will meet the winner of Magdalena Frech (92 WTA) and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (84 WTA) in the 3rd round.
Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-7 (5)
UPDATE 14:40 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-7. Game and set, Petra Kvitova. The Czech prevailed 7-5 in the tie-break.
UPDATE 14:40 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-6. Game to “advantage”, Kvitova. Ana Bogdan missed two set points. Tie-break follows.
UPDATE 14:35 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-5. Game to “advantage” for Ana, who manages to take the lead in the second set.
UPDATE 14:33 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 5-5. Break to the “advantage”, Ana Bogdan, who has a fantastic comeback.
UPDATE 14:25 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 4-5. Game at 15, Ana Bogdan.
UPDATE 14:21 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 3-5. Break, Ana Bogdan, at 30.
UPDATE 14:18 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 2-5. Game to the “advantage”, Ana Bogdan, who remains in the set.
UPDATE 14:14 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 1-5. Game to 0, Kvitova.
UPDATE 14:10 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 1-4. Break at 30, Kvitova.
UPDATE 14:04 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 1-3. Game to “advantage”, Kvitova. Another very long game, in which 18 points were played, and Ana Bogdan missed a break point.
UPDATE 13:51 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 1-2. Game to “advantage”, Bogdan. He saved three break points.
UPDATE 13:43 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 0-2. Game to 0, Kvitova. The Czech does not seem willing to stay on the court for too long.
UPDATE 13:39 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6, 0-1. Break at 30, Petra Kvitova.
UPDATE 13:35 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-6. Game and set, Petra Kvitova. The Romanian had 4 break points, but missed them all. Instead, Petra wasted the first two set points.
UPDATE 13:25 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-5.Break at 15, Kvitova. Petra has the first chance to close out the set.
UPDATE 13:21| Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-4.Game to 15, Petra Kvitova.
UPDATE 13:17 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 1-3.Game to 15 for Ana Bogdan, who is starting to gather courage.
UPDATE 13:13 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 0-3.Game to 15, Kvitova. Ana doesn’t find a reply.
UPDATE 13:10| Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 0-2.Break at 15, Petra Kvitova.
UPDATE 13:07 | Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova 0-1.Games at 15 for the athlete from the Czech Republic.
UPDATE 13:05 | The game has started!
The most difficult opponent is Irina Bara (122 WTA). She will face the Iberian Paula Badosa (4 WTA), the fourth favorite of the tournament at the All England Club, from 1:05 p.m., on court 2.
The two players met twice in the WTA circuit, each time winning the case with Paula Badosa:
- 27.09.2018: Paula Badosa – Irina Bara 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
- 24.01.2019: Paula Badosa – Irina Bara 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-6
UPDATE 14:19 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-6. Game and set, Paula Badosa.
UPDATE 14:16 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-5. Break at 30, Badosa, who will serve for the match.
UPDATE 14:11 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-4. Game at 15, Badosa.
UPDATE 14:06 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-3. Break at the “advantage”, Badosa.
UPDATE 14:01 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-2. Game at 30, Badosa. Tie in the second set.
UPDATE 13:57 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 2-1. Game at 30, Bara. The Romanian makes a very good range and totally surprises Badosa.
UPDATE 13:53 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 1-1. Game to 0, Badosa.
UPDATE 13:49 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6, 1-0. Game to “advantage”, Bara. The Romanian saved a break point.
UPDATE 13:42 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-6. Game and set, Paula Badosa.
UPDATE 13:38 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 3-5.Game to “advantage”, Bara.
UPDATE 13:34 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 2-5.Game to 30, Badosa, who is just one game away from winning the first set.
UPDATE 13:30 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 2-4.Break at 15, Badosa. Irina fails to consolidate her good game from the last game.
UPDATE 13:25 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 2-3.Re-break at 15, Bara. The Romanian manages to offer a befitting reply.
UPDATE 13:23 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 1-3.Break at 15, Badosa, who takes the initiative.
UPDATE 13:18 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 1-2.Game at 15, Badosa.
UPDATE 13:15 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 1-1.Game to “advantage” for Irina, who “survives”.
UPDATE 13:10 | Irina Bara – Paula Badosa 0-1.Range to 30 for Iberian. A good first game by Irina.
UPDATE 13:05 | The game has started!
From the same time, Ana Bogdan (111 WTA) will face the athlete Petra Kvitova (26 WTA) from the Czech Republic, the number 25 favorite of the tournament. The match will take place on court 3.
- It will be the first direct match between the two players, in the WTA circuit.
– The winners of the matches Irina Bara – Paula Badosa and Ana Bogdan – Petra Kvitova will meet in the 3rd round of the tournament.