Buxa goes from beating Bencic (14th) to losing to Paulini (43rd).

Tennis is by no means an exact science. Winning one day at the 14th in the world does not guarantee that any tennis player will win the day after the 43rd. I checked it out on Wednesday Cincinnati Christina Buxawhich occurred within 24 hours of Winning the Olympic championseven-times winner and former world number four Belinda Bencic, To lose to Jasmine Paolini, 27 and 43who lifted just one trophy in his entire career (Portorož 2021) and played another final (Cluj-Napoca 2022). But the truth is that the Italian was much better and won 6-1 6-3 In 64 minutes he will meet in the round of 16 with Kazakh Elena Rybakina or Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

Buxa, who has a serious problem with the second serve (he only wins 13% of the points), hasn’t found a way to make Paolini worry. He also did against Bencic, who moved the ball around very well. Fouls that didn’t punish him against the Swiss, he paid them against Transalpine, An energetic tennis player who runs from side to side of the court and hits well in the sprint, apart from serving better than the Cantabrianwho, however, after losing seven straight matches, enjoyed a 3-1 lead in the second set, which he failed to maintain.

The fact is that Tuesday’s bell gave Christina a good rise in the ranking, who took 15 temporary places, to 69, three of his career bests (66). It’s a pity he couldn’t build on the momentum of his prestigious victory, but in racket sports these things happen, A smaller enemy in theory, but focused and eagerYou can overtake your competitor if you don’t succeed.