The Argentine tennis player fell in the third round, but will move up a few places in the rankings. His next goal is to reach the main four of the Australian Open.
Argentine tennis player Julia Riera139 in the world ranking, lost this morning against Czech Linda Noskova (40) in the round of 16 of Brisbane WTA 500Australia, 6-1, 6-7 (4) and 6-3.
The 21-year-old from Pergamin played for the first time in the main draw of a tournament of that category and had the luxury of eliminating the Bulgarian Victoriya Tomova (80) and in the second round the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) by 6 -2 and 6-4.
Noskova will now play in the quarterfinals against Russian Mirna Andreava (58), who defeated her compatriot Arina Rodionova (113) 6-1 and 6-1 in the round of 16.
Riera added a WTA 125 title, when in Montevideo she defeated her compatriot María Lourdes Carlé 7-6 (5) 7-5 in December.
What will be Julia Riera’s next challenge?
The young tennis player now has the main goal of trying to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
As the ranking still does not allow him to directly enter the main draw, he will have to play the Australian Open qualifying, which starts next week.
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Source: Tycsports
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