The Argentine fell 2-6, 7-5 and 6-4 against Australian Taylah Preston at the Mexican Open.
This Wednesday, Julia Riera lost to Australian Taylah Preston by 2-6, 7-5 and 6-4 and was eliminated in the round of 16 by WTA 125 of Puerto Vallartain Mexico.
Riera, born 21 years ago in the city of Pergamino of Buenos Aires and 116th in the WTA ranking in the world, was defeated by the Australian Preston (192), after 2 hours and 20 minutes of play.
The Mexican tournament still has Argentines in the competition: Maria Lourdes Carlé (106), a native of the Buenos Aires city of Daireaux, who defeated the French Chloe Paquet (154) in the first round by 6-3 and 6-2, and her next match is open against the American Caty McNally (94). ).
In case of reaching the quarterfinals, Carlé, 24, will play again on Friday against the Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (132) or the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (122), who will also meet tomorrow.
The WTA 125 in Puerto Vallarta, a coastal city in the State of Jalisco, takes place on hard surface courts and will distribute a total of $115,000 in prizes.
Rio Open: Francisco Cerúndolo wins by forfeit and advances to the quarterfinals
Francisco Cerundolo starting to pick up after a bad start to the year. Argentina’s best ranking (22) He beat Spanish veteran Albert Ramos Viñolas very well (6-2 and 6-1) and reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open.
Inexplicably, Fran dominated from start to finish and easily won. In the next round he will have to face a Serbian: Dušan Lajović (N58) or Laslo Djere (N35). The latter was the tournament champion in 2019, it is worth mentioning.
Let’s remember that the eldest in the Cerúndolo family (he is 25, his brother Juan Manuel is 22) had a bad start to the year. Before appearing in Rio de Janeiro, he won only one match (at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season). He just crashed out on his debut at both the Cordoba Open and the IEB + Argentina Open, where he was one of the favorites to fight for the trophy.
Source: Tycsports
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