The second seed, the French Caroline Garciaearned his spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament on grass in eastbourne (United Kingdom), after defeating the Romanian Ana Bogdan through 6-3 and 6-4 in an hour and a half.
Garcia (n.5 WTA) and Bogdan (n.61 WTA) have met three times; in 2017 on the grass of Wimbledon, in 2022 in the final of the open in Warszama (Poland), on clay, and last May in the first round of the tournament in Rome. Three times in which the Frenchwoman was victorious.
This Wednesday, the world number five’s versatility, capable of winning on any of the surfaces, allowed him to continue to dominate, for the first time on the English grass of Eastbourne, with a break in each set, in the eighth of the first and the first of the second.
The French therefore access the quarterfinals of the English tournament, where he will face the Russian for the fourth time Daria Kasatkina (n.11 WTA), who after 42 minutes of the match returned to the Czech Karolina Pliskova to win at a double 6-3.
In turn, the fourth seed of the tournament and sixth in the world, the Tunisian Ounce Jabeurwas defeated by the Italians Camila Giorgi through 6-3 and 6-2 in one hour and 13 minutes.
A very easy match for Giorgi, who knew how to take advantage of every mistake the Tunisian made. Multiple service outages questioned Jabeur’s continuity in the Eastbourne courts.
Camila Giorgi will play in the next round with a familiar face, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (n.17 WTA), who defeated her in the last edition in the semifinals in two sets, both 6-2.
Ostapenko, champion of Roland Garros in 2017, faced the Italian with an advantage, because in three confrontations she got two victories.
the American Jessica Pegulaanother one of the favorites, the Colombian was eliminated in the round of 16 Camila Osorio (n.81 WTA) by 6-2, 1-6 and 6-3.
The first confrontation between the two, where Osorio’s lack of control on his serve was enough for the current world number 4 to throw the match off balance and win in one hour and 50 minutes.
In the first set, Pegula took advantage from the fifth game, after consecutive service breaks by Osorio, which allowed him to reach 6-2.
However, in the second set the American relaxed and allowed the reaction of the South American who did not waste the opportunity, scoring a partial and leveling the game.
In the final, Pegula, 29, went from 4-3 to 6-3 and headed unhindered into the quarterfinals to set up a showdown with compatriot Coco Gauff, who needed just 59 minutes to eliminate the ‘British lucky loser’ Jodie Burrage with a 6-1 double.
Source: La Verdad
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