The first favorite and fifth player in the world, the French Caroline Garciahad to return to perform her duel against the Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck and advance to quarterfinals of the Lyon tournament.
The French player, reigning champion, prevailed 2-6, 6-0 and 6-1 in a regular encounter in Lyon. This will be the third time the two players will meet in this tournament. The first, in 2020, ended in a victory for the Belgian, but in the last edition, in 2022, Garcia won, repeating his victory this time to access the quarterfinals, where he will face the Italian. Jasmine Pauliniwho defeated the Russian Erika Andreeva 6-2, 6-3.
The Montenegrins also kept their promises Danka Kovinic, seventh seed, and Russia’s Anastasia Potapova. Kovinic defeated Hungarian Anna Bondar 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3, and will play in the quarterfinals with the American Alycia Parks.
Potapova beat French Clara Burel (6-4, 4-6 and 6-3) and will face the Belgian Maryna Zanevskawho finished with the second favorite, the Chinese shuai Zhang, whom he won 6-2 and 6-0.
Source: La Verdad
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