Spanish tennis players Rebeka Masarova and Marina Bassols this Monday they passed the last round of the qualifying round of the Linz tournament (Austria) and enter the main draw, which already features Nuria Parrizas.
Masarova, number 99 in the WTA ranking, earned her spot by defeating Danish Clara Tauson (141) 6-4, 6-2. The Spaniard born in Basel (Switzerland) fell in the round of 32 of the recent tournament in Lyon (France), his last appearance on the circuit.
The same round he did on French soil Bassols, 128 in the ranking, now qualified for the main draw in Linz by beating German Noma Akugue Noha (234) 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.
The Linz tournament, in the 250 category, on hard court and indoors, will have as the first seed the Greek Maria Sakkari, seventh in the world, who will face Párrizas, 79, in the first round. This year the Spaniard reached the round of 32 at the Australian Open and in Lyon. Sakkari fell in the same round in the first Grand Slam of the year.
Source: La Verdad
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