Stephanie and Matos defeat the Australians and go to the semi-finals

Melbourne Australia) – Still undefeated in the season, with two victories in the United Cup and now three more times at the Australian Open, Sao Paulo’s Luisa Stefani and Rio Grande do Sul’s Rafael Matos continue with everything in their first Grand Slam of the season and are already in the semifinals. The vacancy came on Tuesday, beating house guests Lisette Cabrera and John Patrick Smith by parts of 6/3 and 6/4, after 1 hour 19 into the match.

In the semi-finals, the Brazilians will face another pair of guests from the house, waiting for the winners of the duel, which will include Madison Inglis / Jason Kubler on one side and Olivia Jadecki / Mark Pullmans on the other.

“I am very happy, in this great scenario, to be able to return to the Grand Slam and this is my favourite. For us it is a dream come true to play on this major court. This atmosphere is very interesting” We want to move forward. It’s not over yet”, highlighted Paulista. “Today we were more nervous than on other days,” said the Sao Paulo native. We had to stay mentally stable on the big points.”

The match started out a little complicated for the Brazilians, who saw their opponents confirm the first zero game and then had two break points in the second, but both were not converted. After that, the balance remained until the seventh game, when Stephanie and Matos scored the first game, and they repeated the dose in the ninth and final game, thus closing out the first set.

Although they scored the first break of the second, opening 3/1, Stephanie and Matos worked with the serve, saving two break points in the third, losing serve in the fifth and saving two more points in the seventh. However, at the final stage, the Brazilians grew stronger and were able to achieve victory in straight sets.

The first moment of strength was the confirmation of the serve in the ninth game from zero, putting pressure on the opponents, who then served under 4/5 pressure on the scoreboard. That’s when the final blow came, as Cabrera and Smith faced off 0-40. The Australians even saved the first match point, but were unable to resist the second and were eliminated.

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– Tennis Brazil (sitetenisbrasil) January 24, 2023