World news – GB – Podorowska returns ex-champion Georgi is ousted in Linz

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Sixth seed Nadia Podorowska did not qualify for the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Women’s Championship after returning from a group in front of 2018 champion Camila Giorgi.

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Linz, Austria – Sixth seed Nadia Podorowska returns from a group match against 2018 champion Camilla György to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Women’s Championship

After losing the tight opening set to the heavy-hitting Italian, Podorowska returned to relieve through the next two sets, winning 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 after a two-hour and 32-minute battle over the famous gray central court in Linz.

“Camila is a great player and she plays very fast,” Podorowska told the Spanish press after the match. “She can run around the field very quickly too, so it’s hard to get her out of position. She has a lot of strength, so I knew I had to chase her and not let her take it. Take the initiative or let it feel comfortable I had to take a lot more risks, a lot more than I used to, but I knew it was the right way

“The first set was really high level, and it could have gone either way the second, I think I gathered myself well because I really lost the calm and order in the third, I felt more comfortable playing tennis with the first kick and I got used to this fast pace, I can keep up with my patterns. ”

In fact, the opening set saw Podoroska and Georgi come together for six serving breaks as both players knocked out the gates and played hard in the return momentum swinging between the two as Podorowska advanced through the first boom of three consecutive breaks to lead 2–1, and after Gyorgy raised her level to come out in four games in a row and take the lead, 5-3

Podoroska was doing well to stay in the competition, breaking back and tying the set at 5-5, but couldn’t use four break points. No 6 The seeded three saved a group to keep and send it to the tiebreak, but Giorgi put her foot on the gas again and got On four points in a row to win the first group, 7-6 (4)

The Argentine fought hard to keep serving to start the second, saving two break points and pushing to six points under Giorgi’s firepower, before advancing 3-0 when Giorgi’s high-octane game began to fade, the inconsistency that sometimes plagued the strong Italian game threw Headed over again as Podoroska comfortably finished the group, 6-1

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With the contact of both players, the third group unfolded in a high-quality core competition where Podoroska and Georgi crossed the two-hour mark Podorowska losing just four points from serving in a dominant service performance, claiming the only break to advance 4-3 and maintained its place in the quarter-finals with 6 -7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 shift

“I didn’t know it was just four points,” Podorowska smiled after that “I was working on my service to generate more strength, so I could serve faster and do more damage I play with my leg more than anything else, I engage the whole body Not just shoulder

« The stats on losing just four points, that could be an improvement from my first serve, which I was determined to hit faster and harder for a frontal blow This was my biggest change in the third set

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Podoroska will face No. 4 Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round as she seeks a place in the semi-finals This will be her fourth WTA semi-final for this season (all levels), a rapid rise that concludes her first career in WTA Top 50

“It’s good for me [to start the year in the top 50] and know that I’m going to play in Australia, and then I’m going to play in the US [in Indian Wells and Miami],” Podorowska said, “It’s good if the calendar is a little clearer than it is It is in ITF, and play against top players « 

Joining Podoroska in the quarter-finals, as fifth seed Victoria Kudermitova defeated her opponent in a three-set competition, beating Arantxa Ross 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals French qualifying Ocean Doudin reached the second quarter-finals of the season after defeating Sorana Kirstia in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4

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