Aliona Bolsava, one of the players, together with Rebeka Masarova, emergency calls for the Spanish team of the Billie Jean King Cup (November 1 to 6) To make up for the losses of Garbiñe Muguruza and Paul Badosa, he was competing in the Courmayeur singles box when he heard the news. Until this Wednesday, because the Catalan born in Moldova 23 years ago fell by a double 6-3 in the round of 16 against the highest ranked tennis player in the Italian WTA 250, Liudmila Samsonova (42nd). However, he will not yet join the National Team in Prague, where the other four components of the national team led by Anabel Medina are already present., Sara Sorribes, Carla Suárez, Nuria Parrizas and the aforementioned Masarova. The reason is that she continues in the doubles table with Russia’s Rakhimova. this Thursday they play against the French Lechemia and the American Santamaria in the quarterfinals.
In the first set, Bolsava twice lost her serve and was in tow from the fifth game, although in the sixth he had an option to recover the first break embedded. The second set was opened with a hopeful 2-0, but from there, the Russian raised her level and made a devastating 6-1 partial with which she closed the victory.
Aliona climbs 13 places in the world rankings with her result in Courmayeur, where she had to play the previous one, and is now the 162nd, just ahead of compatriot Cristina Bucsa, who retired injured Tuesday when she lost to Wang.