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Barranquilla, Colombia – Puerto Rican tennis player Mónica Puig defeated his first rival, Cuban Yamile Fors, in his debut in the Games of Central America and Caribbean 2018 without problems Friday
The scoreboard closed 6-0 and 6-2 in favor of the Puerto Rican, who went to the quarterfinals.
In the match, Puig did not encounter any major problems to dispatch his opponent, except counted exceptions in the second set in which Fors imposed his strength and forced him into a few points.
" It was very comfortable, it forced me into a few points, it surprised me with its strength, there were some very hot points, but I got focused on what I had to do.I am happy to move on to the second phase "said the Olympic athlete at the end of the meeting.
Puig added that she was satisfied with her performance, even though there were always things to improve. " I am very happy with the way I did things today, I stayed very calm and enjoying every moment on the ground.It's a unique experience She said
Commenting on the match, the athlete shared that Fors knew how to use his strength to redirect a few punches.He explained that it wasn''t surprised that Fors took part in the match in this second set, "because you must always wait after a set of 6-0."
The double Central American medalist will face the winner of the match between the Mexican Fernanda Contreras and the Guatemalan Andrea Weedon for the semi-finals of the tournament.
Puerto Rican Monica Mathias won 7-5, 6-4 over Dominican Franchesca Segarelli in her first match, the athlete had a second-round match against the Bahamians Kerrie Cartwright
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