Argentina Julia Riera extended the dream she was enjoying at the Rabat tournament, the first played on the WTA circuit, and, after defeating the Kazakh Yulia Putintsevasixth favorite, reached the semifinals, where the first seed and current champion, the Italian did not Martina Trevisanwho had to retreat wounded from his skirmish against the Austrians julia grabher.
Riera, 20, went even further in her debut at a WTA event. He defeated the French in the first round Kristina Mladenovicsecond to Egyptian Mayor Sheriff55th in the women’s ranking, and now, in the quarterfinals, to Putintseva, 61st in the world.
Riera, who on Monday will be in the top 150 in the women’s rankings, defeated Putintseva 5-7, 7-4, 6-2 and will face Austrian Julia Graher, who won 6-3 when her rival , the Trevisan champion and semifinalist last year at Roland Garros, decided to withdraw from the competition due to a right leg injury when 37 minutes of the game were played.
Source: La Verdad
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