The Galician Jessica Bouzas reached the semi-finals of the BBVA International Open in Valencia this Fridaywhile Marina Bassols from Girona and the Brazilian Laura Pigossi bid farewell to the tournament that will be held this week at the Sporting Tennis Club.
The match between the two Spaniards closed with a victory for the tennis player from Vilagarcía de Arousa by 5-7, 6-3 and 6-2, while the Brazilian Olympic medalist, who after winning a match of almost four hours on Thursday for a medical timeout, but was unable to return to the match against Belarusian Iryna Shymanovich (6-0 and 7-6(1)), who is reaching her first semifinal of the season.
The duel between Americans Ann Li and Elvina Kalieva lasted less than an hour (51 minutes) with a score of 6-2 and 6-0 in favor of Li while Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, number 1 in the tournament, had no trouble a lot to defeat Darja Semenistaja (6-3 and 6-1).
So, the first semifinal was Tomova-Shymanovich and the second Li-Bouzas.
In doubles, the pair made up of Italian Angellica Moratelli and Mexican Renata Zarazúa defeated Spaniards Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers and Leyre Romero (7-6(2), 6-7(5) and 10-7) while The couple that is in the final will come from the rivalry between the couple formed by Pigossi and the American Sabrina Santamaría and the Spanish Charo Esquiva and Ángela Fita.
Source: La Verdad
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