Cristina Bucsa fell in the first round of the competition in Brisbane (Australia) losing in two sets (7-6 and 6-2) against Romania’s Anca Todoni, ranked 118th in the world, who had just played in the previous round.
He The Australian Open, in the WTA 500 category, marked Bucsa’s comebackthe double bronze medalist at the Paris Games, a month after being sidelined by an abdominal injury.
Bucsa, 26 years old and 103rd in the WTA rankings, fought in the first round, where she managed to advance and break her opponent’s point (2-3), but she was unable to take advantage and gave up. tiebreaker 7-3, with two losses.
On the edge of the cabbage, The actor, who was born in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, saw Todoni take the money and the same thing happened in his second game, so at 3-0, he gave the advantage to his opponent, who did not give him a chance to return.
After a month of preparation in Torrelavega (Cantabria), the town where he lives, Bucsa will continue its tour in Australiawhere he will compete in the Adelaide tournament and the first Grand Slam of the season.
The Bucsa’s removal from Brisbane is linked to Sara Sorribespartner at the Paris Games, who had to withdraw last Saturday due to an injury in her qualifying match against the Czech Sara Bejlek.
Paula Badosathe fourth seed in the tournament, will start the following morning, at the Queensland Tennis Center against the Armenian Elina Avanesyan, in the second round.