The Portuguese sofia araujo, during the WPT Madrid Master
New sensation this Thursday during the WPT Madrid Master. After the elimination yesterday of Tapia and Gutierrez in the men's draw, it is the turn of the seeded 1 in the women's draw to take the door prematurely.
Nothing is going well for the world n°1s Alejandra Salazar and Triay! After their very heavy defeat in the final of the WPT in Stockholm (beaten 6/1 6/1 by Sanchez / Josemaria), they left the WPT Madrid Master in the 1/8th finals.
Their executioner of the day is the surprising Spanish-Portuguese pair formed by Marta Talavan Ruiz (22nd) and Sofia Araujo (19th). The latter led 7/6 5/2 after 1h45 of the match, when they may have had their arm shaking. Talavan Ruiz served for the game at 5/4, being two points clear. But the world No. 1 then had a burst of pride, returning to 5/5.
We thought that Talavan and Araujo were going to give in, but they held their serve in extremis to lead 6/5 then made another unexpected break and won the second set and the match, after 2:11 of suspense.
A result that plunges Salazar and Triay into doubt and opens a boulevard to Ariana Sanchez and Paula Josemaria (TdS 2), currently full of confidence.
The match stats are eloquent: while they scored 8 points less than Salazar and Triay, Araujo and Talavan won in straight sets. Much more realistic and effective in key moments, they convert 5 out of 9 break points – against only 4 out of 12 for their opponents. And the results of the “punto de oro” are clear: 6 to 1 in favor of the winners of the day!
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