Great day of tennis at Lleid Tennis Club. The first seeds of the Catalonia Open WTA 125 in Lleida did not disappoint and qualified for the round of 16, which will be played this Thursday starting at 10:30 am
The great favorite, the American Emma Navarro, number 20 in the WTA ranking, closed the last turn on the center court with a courageous victory over her compatriot Bernarda Pera (7/5 4/6 6/1).
The third favorite, the Dutch Arantxa Rus, did not give any choice to the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (6/3 6/4), like the Polish Magdalena Frech, who eliminated the Greek from the previous stage Despina Papamichail ( 6). /2 6/4).
The finalist of the first edition, Elizabeth Mandlik, got past Claire Liu (6/1 6/3). American Ashlyn Krueger, Croatian Lea Boskovic, Egyptian Mayar Sherif, Colombian Camila Osorio also passed the round, due to the withdrawal of Mirjam Bjorklund due to injury with 4/1 in the first set, and lost of Ana Bogdan Nuria Párrizas for a resounding 6/1 6/1.
The one who had the hardest time qualifying was Sofia Kenin, sixth favorite and with an invitation to the tournament as a former Australian Open champion.
She came from 2/6 1/3 against Irene Burillo to win the match 2/6 6/4 6/4. The Spaniard is currently on the ropes at number 60 in the world ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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