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Patricia Țig was defeated in the third round of Roland Garros by Fiona Ferro, in a match lasting two hours and 48 minutes: 7-6, 4-6, 6-0. After a very solid tournament, in which she reached for the first time in the third round in a Slam, Patricia will rise to zone 55 of the place after Roland Garros, a new personal record. Simona Halep remains the only player from Romania in the tournament. You will meet Iga Swiatek tomorrow at 12:00, Philippe-Chatrier.
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Context
Before this match, both Patricia Țig and Fiona Ferro were undefeated for seven matches, they had won a scum title before the Roland Garros tournament (Pati, in Istanbul, Fiona, in Palermo). After Istanbul, Patricia took a short break and then went to Roland Garros, where she extended her winning streak to seven. While Fiona Ferro preferred not to go to the United States after her title in Palermo, recovering from a rib injury and wanting to prepare exclusively for this tournament.
They both arrived in Paris with great confidence. And that was seen. Patricia cleaned up her image without much emotion, while Ferro impressed in the match with Rybakina. To make things even more interesting: they had never met before, and this third-round match was, at the Slam level, their most important match; for both, on the table was the first classification in a round of 16 in a Grand Slam.
It was, therefore, a confrontation between two of the most fit scum players of the moment, and the evolution of this match and its dynamics would be exactly what it would seem, in the end. a We had an intense, long and quality match between two confident players who dominate this surface well and who play the best tennis of their careers these days.
Series 1
Set 1 was the perfect example of what comes out when you meet two players who are having a good time and who know how to play with scum: a lot of quality and performance, exchanges of long balls, most of which ended with winners. , returns and losses. But also enough drama to make things even more interesting.
Both Pati and Fiona excelled at variation and point construction; They both carefully chose the right shots to be decisive, they both hit pretentious shots, and they both had moments where they showed us that in scum a point can be earned in many ways: with shaving, short cuts, short angles, top-laden shots- spin, flat shots, rhythm pauses and alternate game speed.
Throughout the first set, Patricia was the player with the best chance of escaping. First at 4-4, when he made the break and had the opportunity to serve for the set, but it was tied. And then in the tiebreak, when he rallied from 1-3 to 5-4 (and serve), then to save a ball and finally lose the set after a little distraction.
In fact, Patricia’s blink had to do with how she handled her emotions. With 5-6 in the tiebreak, she saved a set ball, and that was the moment when her fight had not only one opponent – the one on the court – but several, because she tried to respond to the French public with the same coin. . To that audience who booed her several times when she was encouraged, she chose to respond with another stimulus, but much louder and clearly directed at some people in the audience.
It is difficult to say how much this gesture helped her, but the truth is that from that moment she achieved one more point in the tiebreaker and ended up losing it 9-7.
Set 2
What Patricia lacked in the first set was relaxation. Throughout the first set she was very intense, very vocal and too tense. She really wanted to win and, drawing the line, can be extremely pleased and reconciled that, in the end, she did almost everything she could today. But sometimes this tension, which is natural, considering what is at stake in the game and the pressure on her shoulders, made her back down.
In the second set, after such a balanced first set, but lost to the limit, he relaxed. She was calm, she entered that state that I have seen many times lately, that of inner calm, and she began to play with more freedom: she did her work lightly, she resisted the pressure she was under. submitted by the French at the start of the set, saving 2-2 four break points and began to clear her game of errors. And at 4-3 she achieved the break with excellent tennis moments, rising to 5-3 and giving herself the opportunity to lead the game in the decider. She failed at 5-3, missing three set balls, but did so one game later, at 5-4, after a nearly flawless return game.
One thing to keep in mind here is that despite the disappointment of losing the first set and wasted opportunities, Pati did not fall mentally. He resisted, stayed in the game and continued to offer new opportunities. And when you do that and keep doing it, especially in tennis, you will be rewarded at some point. Patricia’s perseverance and desire to be close to her opponent was finally rewarded.
The deciding set
Carried by the public and supported in each point won, Fiona Ferro started the decisive much better. And the good start, combined with the support of the public, brought her back into the game and made her understand that nothing has been lost yet, although at the end of the second set she seemed to be in a moment of balance, both physically and level of confidence.
On the other hand, Patricia was not as lucid with the shot selection and could not find a balance in the shots. She tried to be very aggressive, but she forced and made a mistake. She tried to vary the game and often resorted to cuts and shorts, but became passive and vulnerable to aggression from the Frenchwoman.
In the end, nothing came out, and it looked like he had physically lost the fight since Ferro got the second break.
conclusions
Considering the development and missed opportunities, this match was a great opportunity for another milestone for Patricia. She had opportunities to escape and give another dynamic to the game, she was close, but she lacked a little extra clairvoyance to achieve her goal. But at the end of the line, there are lessons to be learned from this difficult match at all levels: tennis, physical, emotional, the first in the biggest arena in Paris. There are good things to be learned from this extraordinary journey from Roland Garros and there are many confirmations that Pati can return to at any time. There are games, including this one, and good victories that will help her from now on.
However, Patricia’s adventure in Paris did not stop with this elimination. Patricia, along with Andreea Mitu, passed in the first round in the doubles event of Gracheva / Paolini (6-1, 6-3) and now they are preparing to face Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos, the 2 favorites of the competition.
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