Carol Zhao almost caused an upset at the Rabat tournament in Morocco on Monday when she lost in three sets 7: 6 (4), 1: 6 and 6: 2 to the Spaniard Nuria Parrizas-Diaz.
Zhao, ranked No. 337 in the world, could have won if she hadn’t lost numerous points in the tie-break when she had the balls in her hands. She also committed nine double faults in the game and won just 43% of the points with her second ball.
This inconsistency cost him big money as it was broken twice in the third set. With the 49th racket in the world.
Zhao needed qualifications to reach the peloton, notably defeating France’s Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (142nd) in the second round. This qualified her for a first WTA tournament this season.
place in Marino
As Zhao tried his luck in Morocco, tennis fans’ eyes were mainly on Paris, where qualifying for the French Open began on Monday.
If there was no Canadian in action on the first day, Rebecca Marino (116th) meets Paula Ormaechea from Argentina (148th) on Tuesday. The two women have never faced each other in the WTA.