the belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, second favorite, finished this Wednesday with the Czech Barbora Krejcikova and in the quarterfinals he will face the winner of the Spanish duel between Paula Badosa and Cristina Bucsa.
Sabalenka, ranked second in the world, beat Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 after one hour and thirteen minutes to advance in a tournament where the third seed also came first, Tunisian Ons Jabeur needed a comeback to beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3.
Jabeur will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Elena Rybakinasixth favorite, beating German Jule Niemeier 7-5 and 6-3, and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
The winner of this tournament in 2018, the Czech Karolina Pliskova, left the Greek Maria Sakkari out of the tournamenteighth seed, 6-2, 6-3, and will face Croatian Donna Vekic in the second round.
Moreover, the American did not disappoint Cory Gaufffifth seed, who? she needed three sets to overcome Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 4-6 and 7-6(3)) and meet Russian Anastasia Potapova in the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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