Lourdés Carlé and Julia Riera reached the semifinals by defeating Frenchwoman Parry and Slovenian Hercog, respectively, and will face each other for a place in the final. In addition, Solana Sierra faces the Brazilian Pigossi.
Tennis players in Argentina Lourdes Carlé and Julia Riera now they reached the semifinals of WTA 125 IEB+Argentina Opentaking place at the facilities of the Argentine Tennis Club, after winning their respective matches against the Frenchwoman Diane Parry and the Slovenian Polish Hercog.
Carlé, born in the city of Daireaux of Buenos Aires and ranked 175th in the WTA world ranking, got a great victory in the quarterfinals against French Parry (77), top favorite for the title, by 7-6 (7-2) and 6-3 after two hours and 18 minutes. For his part, Riera (163), born in Pergamino, beat the Slovenian Hercog (292) by 6-3 and 6-4 after an hour and a half of play.
Carlé and Riera will meet later in one of the semifinals, guaranteeing the presence of an Argentine tennis player in Sunday’s finals. The two Argentines had to play twice in one day because yesterday, due to the storm, the whole day was suspended.
Solana Sierra is also looking for her place in the semifinals
Meanwhile, another Argentine, the woman from Mar del Plata Solana Sierra (209)playing against Brazilians Laura Pigossi (137) with transmission TyC Sports.
If she wins, Sierra, 19 years old, will play in the semifinals against Mexican Renata Zarazúa (135), who beat the American Elizabeth Mandlik (113) by 7-6 (4) and 6-1.
The WTA 125 in Argentina is played on clay courts at the facilities of Tenis Club Argentino and distributes a total of $115,000 in prizes.
Source: Tycsports
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