Argentina Maria Lourdes Carlewhich came from the previous stage, once again stood in the way of the Spaniards Jessica Bouzas and after winning three sets (6-3, 3-6 and 6-0), he reached the second round of the Hobart tournament.
The Galician, despite having a better ranking than the South American, lost all three times they faced each other. He hasn’t won it yet. It fell in Bucharest, in 2023 on dirt, in Puerto Vallarta, last year, on hard court, and this time in Hobart, on the threshold of the Australian Open.
Carle, 94th in the women’s ranking, took two hours and five minutes to defeat the Spaniard who tried to react in the second set but fell in the third. The Argentine will face American McCartney Kessler in the second round, who defeated Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova, seventh seed, 6-3, 7-5.
Armenian Elina Avanesyan, sixth seed, also played her first match of the year, defeating Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3 7-5 and will play Belgian Greetje Minnen, from earlier, who defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 and 6-3.
Hungarian Anna Bondar defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif. Her next opponent will be the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova, third seed, and Australian Daria Saville, a guest of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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