Pigossi and Carol Meligeni fall in Curitiba opener; Ce and Nana chase quarter-final places
Laura Pigossi and Carol Meligeni were knocked out in the first round of the WTA 125 in Curitiba on Tuesday. A place in the quarter-finals now depends on Gabriela Ce and Nauhany Silva, who face Argentines on Wednesday from 11h30.
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Laura Pigossi e Carol Meligeni deixaram o Curitiba Open ainda na primeira rodada. No WTA 125 disputado sobre o saibro do Graciosa Country Club, as duas brasileiras mais experientes do país foram eliminadas nesta terça-feira, e a esperança de vaga nas quartas de final passa a depender de Gabriela Cé e Nauhany Silva, a Naná, que entram em quadra nesta quarta-feira a partir das 11h30 contra argentinas.
Pigossi, número 1 do país, serviu para fechar o primeiro set em 5/4, permitiu a reação de Maria Carle e perdeu por 7/5 e 6/0 — a segunda derrota consecutiva para a argentina. Hoje na 247ª colocação, ela defende 14 pontos e deve recuar pelo menos nove posições, ficando mais distante da vaga no qualificatório do Australian Open. O retrospecto contra Carle era favorável: 3 a 1, com o título do WTA 125 de Buenos Aires conquistado há três anos.
Carol teve pela frente a segunda principal favorita, a austríaca Julia Grabher, ex-54ª do mundo, e equilibrou os dois sets antes de ser batida por 7/5 e 7/6, com 7-1 no tie-break, mesmo com o apoio da torcida na noite fria de Curitiba.
Vencedora de três torneios W35 nesta temporada, Carol é a 309ª da semana e pode subir até cinco posições. Ela havia vencido Grabher há oito anos. A austríaca, de 30 anos e campeã do WTA 125 de Florianópolis no ano passado, terá Carle pela frente nas oitavas de final.
Na segunda rodada, Cé encara a argentina Solana Sierra e Naná enfrenta Luisina Giovannini, ambas em busca de uma inédita presença nas quartas de final de um torneio nível 125. O Curitiba Open distribui US$ 115 mil em premiação e concede 125 pontos no ranking à campeã; a entrada é gratuita em todas as rodadas.
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