Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio withdrew from the Indian Wells tournament on Thursday Because of physical problems when he fell 6-4 5-0 against Belarusian Alexandra Sasnovich.
The 20-year-old from Cucuta just played the first round in Indian Wells (California) Four days after participating in the Monterrey WTA OpenOn Sunday, she fell in the final against Canadian Leila Fernandez.
Osorio, ranked 35th in the world rankings, stood against Sasnovich (59th) in the disputed first set which the Belarusian won with a final acceleration.
In the second round, Osorio, who played with a heavy bandage on his right thigh, had trouble keeping up with his opponent, and decided to retire with an hour and 3 minutes after playing 5-0.
on Sunday, Osorio suffered a dramatic defeat to Fernandez in the nearly three-hour final defining the championship in Monterrey, He wasted five game points.
For his part, Sasnovic, 27, will face two-time Grand Slam winner Petra Kvitova, who is 31st in the WTA rankings, in the second round.
Among the best in the world
Despite his sadness that he did not get his second title as a professional, after the title he achieved in Bogota last year, Last Monday, the Colombian received the good news of climbing nine places in the WTA rankings.
Osorio Serrano is now ranked 35th in the world with a score of 1,354 points, They are close to experienced tennis players such as France’s Alize Cornet (34), Czech Petra Kvitova (31) and Romania’s Simona Halep (26), who ranked number one in the world in October 2017.
Even with the Monterrey Open title, Leila Fernandez remains 21st in the standings, with high expectations to continue rising when the major tournaments come this season.
The leadership of the standings is still in the hands of Australian Asli Partey, the 2022 Australian Open champion, who recently gave up playing the Indian Wells and Miami Open due to physical issues that did not allow her to train at 100%. “Unfortunately, my body did not recover the way I hoped it would after the Australian Open. I don’t think I am at the level necessary to win those events and as a result I have decided to withdraw from both tournaments.”
Osaka win at Indian Wells
Overcoming a group against a strong wind, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka made her debut Thursday at the Indian Wells Championships with a win against American Sloane Stephens.
Osaka lost the first set 3-6 but recovered 6-1 6-2 in one hour and 53 minutes of play on the main court in Indian Wells (California).
The confrontation between Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam winner, and Stevens, the 2017 US Open champion, was Indian Wells’ first major duel, the second WTA 1000 tournament of the season.
With information from Agence France-Presse.
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