Julia Riera beats Ekaterina Alexandrova to advance to Brisbane

The Argentine tennis player defeated his Russian counterpart 6-2, 6-4 and reached the round of 16 of the WTA 500 held in Australia.

Julia Riera139 in the world ranking, achieved a great victory this morning against the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, 21st. in the rankings, by 6-2 and 6-4, and advanced to the round of 16 of the WTA 500 in Brisbane, Australia. It was the first time the 21-year-old from Pergamon qualified for the main draw of a competition of this category, and he had the luxury of defeating a very tough rival in Wednesday’s match.

Riera added four aces, two double faults, 60 percent first serve efficiency, 71 percent of points won on the first serve and 47 percent on the second. The Buenos Aires native reached this stage after qualifying and eliminating Bulgarian Victoriya Tomova in the first round.

In the round of 16 Riera will play against Czech Linda Noskova (19 years old and ranked 40th in the world), who also eliminated Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea (33 years old and ranked 26th) today by 6-4, 4 -6 and 6-4.

Riera added a WTA 125 title, when in Montevideo she beat her compatriot María Lourdes Carlé 7-6 (7-5 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​in​​a​​tie​​break​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​and-in-a-break 7-5 in December.

Elena Rybakina breaks Olivia Gadecki and advances to Brisbane

Only a few days before the start of the Australian Openthe first Grand Slam of the year, Elena Rybakina They were at a very high level of play which led them to destroy the Australian Olivia Gadecki 6-4 and 6-1 and thus reach the round of 16 of the WTA500 in Brisbane.

The Kazakh hardly allowed him to play. In the first set, the number two seed needed just one break to break his rival. In the second, Rybakina made it clear she wanted to take the match quickly, breaking again and going up 3-0. The Kazakh is very effective on second serves.