The Argentine tennis player ended the best week of her professional career by defeating Austrian Julia Grabher 6-1, 3-6 and 7-6 (8-6).
Argentine tennis player Julia Riera He finished the best week of his professional career falling this Friday in the semifinals of the Rabat Open, in Morocco, her first 250 category tournament on the WTA circuitafter losing to Austrian Julia Grabher 6-1, 3-6 and 7-6 (8-6).
Riera, born in Pergamino 20 years ago and ranked 195th in the WTA world rankings, battled for two hours and 20 minutes before falling to Grabher (74) in a close third set decided on a tie break.
Beyond the loss, for Riera his full debut in a major circuit tournament was memorable, as he played at a high level for a week and beat three tennis players of different caliber in a row. style: the French Kristina Mladenovic (165), the Egyptian Mayar Sherif (55) and the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (61).
In addition, her performance in Rabat will bring Riera a promotion to 148th place in the WTA world ranking, to become the second best racket in Argentina behind Rosario Nadia Podoroska (101).
The WTA 250 in Rabat is played on clay courts, will distribute a total of 259,000 euros in the premise and will have the Austrian Grabher in the final tomorrow against the winner of the semifinal cheered by the Italian Lucia Bronzetti (102). and American Sloane Stephens (35).
Olivieri also made it to the main draw at Roland Garros
genaro olivieri (227th in the world ranking) made it into the main draw at Roland Garros after defeating the Bulgarian Adrián Andreev (214th) 6-1, 5-7 and 6-4 in the last time of the classification. In this way, the Bragado profit will play the first Grand Slam of his career.
The 24-year-old tennis player fought for two and a half hours to defeat the European and become the 10th Argentine in the tournament in the French capital. In addition, he avenged three failed qualification attempts for Wimbledon and the US Open (in 2022), and for the last Australian Open.
The bad news is the collapse of Facundo Díaz Acosta (137th), who lost to Austrian Sebastián Ofner (118th) 7-5, 6-3. The man born in Vicente López ended a streak of 12 wins and will expect a few losses, like Facundo Bagnis (124th), Ranzo Olivo (255th) and Camilo Ugo Carabelli (150th).
The 10 Argentine tennis players who will be at Roland Garros
- Francisco Cerundolo (28th)
- Sebastian Baez (44th)
- Tomás Martín Etcheverry (46th)
- Pedro Cachín (63rd)
- Diego Schwartzman (93rd)
- Federico Coria (94th)
- Guido Pella (421º)
- Thiago Tirante (153rd)
- Genaro Olivieri (227th)
- Nadia Podoroska (101st)
Source: Tycsports
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