The national representatives suffered defeats in singles and doubles during the tournament held at Hacienda Chicureo. This Tuesday the action continues with the premiere of Fernanda Labraña.
This Monday began the main draw of the WTA 125 LP Open Chile by IND, with the debut of three national players, during a day marked by the opening ceremony and the first round which saw the debut of the Chilean players. Fernanda Labraña, Jimar Gerald and Antonia Vergara.
The opening ceremony of the competition brought together political and sporting authorities, such as the presidential delegate of the province of Chacabuco, Giordano Delpin; IND Director Israel Castro; the director of Colina Deportes, Carlos Morales; the tournament director, Macarena Miranda, the visibility manager, Rodrigo Alcaíno; the president of the Tennis Federation, Sergio Elías; the commercial director of LP Chile, Rodrigo Vives and the general director of LP Chile and Latin America, Frederick Prices.
Before the departure ceremony, the national tennis player Recent Trelew W15 winner Jimar Gerald faced former French doubles world number one Kristina Mladenovic, losing 6-0, 6-3.
Meanwhile, in Monday’s main match, the country’s best young tennis player Antonia Vergara She was eliminated against the Spaniard Guiomar Maristany by partials of 6-1 and 6-0. At Granstand, Chile’s number one, Fernanda Labraña, She made her doubles debut with Brazilian Rebeca Pereira, losing 7-5, 6-3 to the duo of Robin Anderson and Prarthana Thombare.
On the other hand, in the first round of the Central Court, Portugal’s Francisca Jorge beat Spain’s Angela Fita Boluda 6-1, 6-4. At the same time, in the stands, Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova (Q) beat Argentina’s Martina Capurro (Q) in sets of 6-3 and 7-5.
On the other hand, Egyptian Mayar Sherif, third seed and tournament champion in 2022, beat Alevtina Ibragimova 6-4, 6-1.
Tuesday matches
This Tuesday, from 12:00 p.m., the second round matches will continue. Among the notable meetings of the day, let us mention that of Fernanda Labraña against the Frenchwoman Léolia Jeanjean. Additionally, the reigning champion’s debut will take place, Sarah Bejlek in front of Valéria Strakhova. While Anthony Vergara with Alevtina Ibragimova, they will face Haley Giavara and Abigail Rencheli in doubles.
The LP Open by IND tournament distributes $115,000 in prize money and awards 125 WTA ranking points to the champion. Tickets can be purchased on the website www.livetickets.cl and they range from five thousand pesos.
Source: Latercera
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