Bucsa says goodbye to Ningbo at the first opportunity
Polina Kudermetovacoming from the previous phase, Cristina Bucsa’s bad streak on the Asian tour deepenedeliminated in the first round of the Ningbo tournament after losing 7-6(5) and 6-2.
The Uzbek, 105th in the ranking, won in one hour and 18 minutes and sealed her second victory in as many matches against the Cantabrian player which he had already won last July, in Washington.
Bucsa has three games and three losses on the Asian tour. She lost in Beijing against the Chinese Xinran Sun, then in Wuhan against the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska and now against Kudermetova.
The Spaniard has not won a match since she played in the semifinals of the Guadalajara tournament against the American Iva Jovic in September. Then she lost both matches in the Billie JEan King finals – to Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan, and against the Czech Linda Noskova – and these three on the Asian tour.
Cristina Bucsa, 38th in the WTA singles ranking, will now focus on doubles since will compete with the American Nicole Melichar-MartÃnez in the WTA Finals in Indian Wells in this modality.
Kudermetova, for her part, will play the second round in Ningbo against the world number one, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
