Carol Meligeni falls to top seed in Cali but returns to the top 300
Carol Meligeni won her opener in Cali but then lost to French top seed Leolia Jeanjean 6/1, 6/4 in 1h27. The 15 points from her first-round win lifted the Brazilian back into the WTA top 300, at 290th.
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Carol Meligeni avançou uma rodada em Cali e caiu na seguinte. A paulista, número 2 do Brasil, perdeu para a francesa Leolia Jeanjean, cabeça 1 do WTA 125 colombiano, por 6/1 e 6/4 em 1h27.
Ainda assim, ganhou 15 pontos pela vitória na estreia, sobre a colombiana Maria Paulina Perez, e voltou ao top 300 da WTA: é a 290ª do ranking, aos 30 anos.
Jeanjean já havia vencido Meligeni em Barranquilla. Agora, a francesa encara Alice Tubello, 152ª do mundo e campeã em Curitiba, que passou por Marina Bassols com duplo 6/1.
No mesmo torneio, Laura Pigossi joga as duplas com a argentina Maria Lourdes Carle; a parceria entra nas quartas contra Sofia Costoulas e Despina Papamichail.
Nos Estados Unidos, a catarinense Carolina Bohrer, 610ª do ranking, deu adeus já na primeira rodada do W35 de Orlando: 6/2 e 6/4 para Dasha Ivanova. Sloane Stephens, ex-número 3 do mundo, é a cabeça 1 por convite. Nas duplas, Bohrer e Ema Burgic começam nas quartas.
Na Argentina, no W15 de Neuquén, Gabriela Cho, que veio do quali, perdeu para Sofia Simon por 6/2 e 6/3.
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