The Pergamino-born woman defeated Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot and will play in the final qualifying round against American Katie Volynets, while Merlense fell to Beibit Zhukayev.
Like every year, The tennis season has started at a brisk pace in Oceania at the men’s and women’s levelof course, with Argentines fighting at the highest level. After the hard Brisbane ATP 500, came the first Grand Slam of the circuit although perhaps the least related of the four, the Australian Open. At this moment, with mixed results among those who qualify for national representatives.
On the women’s side, Julia Riera (25th ranking in the tournament), the born in Pergamino, 21 years old, she won again and will play in the final round of Qually this Thursday in the 8th against American Katie Volynets (3) to debut in a tournament of such magnitude. now, she defeated French Elsa Jacquemot 6-4 and 6-2 who left the road the Canadian Stacey Fung 6-1 and 6-4 Last monday
In its part, Martina Capurro Taborda from Havana defeated Ukrainian Yullia Starodubtseva 6-3 and 6-0to advance to the main bracket of the tournament that will begin at Monday the 14th of this month and will last until Sunday the 28th.
In the previous men’s draw, some Argentines, included Diego Schwartzman and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo have been eliminatedbut Santiago Rodríguez Taverna, a 24-year-old native of Pilar, as he did laugh, He defeated his French counterpart, Antoine Escoffier, 6-4 and 7(8)-6(6).
The same luck did not happen for Merlense Nicolas Kicker in Melbourne: fell 6-1 and 6-4 against Kazakh Beibit Zhukayevcandidate to form the team of his choice for the series of Davis Cup against Guillermo Coria’s team in February.
Source: Tycsports
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