Pigossi fights back in doubles to reach WTA 125 Cali semi-final
Laura Pigossi reached the doubles semi-finals of the WTA 125 in Cali alongside Argentina's María Lourdes Carlé. The pair beat Costoulas and Papamichail 6/4 6/2 and now face top seeds Jakupović and Radišić.
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Em Cali, na Colômbia, Laura Pigossi deu a volta por cima depois de cair na estreia da chave de simples do WTA 125 local, disputado no saibro. Ao lado da argentina María Lourdes Carlé, ela avançou à semifinal de duplas com parciais de 6/4 e 6/2 diante de Sofia Costoulas, da Bélgica, e Despina Papamichail, da Grécia.
Na próxima rodada, a dupla encara as eslovenas Dalila Jakupović e Nika Radišić, principais cabeças de chave e recém-chegadas de um título em Curitiba. Para Pigossi, é também uma chance de revanche: na semana passada, ela ficou com o vice ao lado de Nauhany Silva.
Com 32 anos, Pigossi aparece em 94º entre as especialistas em duplas no ranking e tem como melhor marca da carreira o 79º posto, obtido em agosto. Nas simples, a ex-número 100 do mundo ocupa hoje a 260ª colocação.
Carolina Bohrer também avançou nesta quinta. Catarinense de 19 anos, ela garantiu vaga na semifinal do W35 de Orlando, torneio de quadras duras nos Estados Unidos, ao lado da bósnia Ema Burgić. A dupla venceu Jana Hossam Salah, do Egito, e Allegra Davies, da Grã-Bretanha, com parciais de 1/6, 6/2 e 10-5. Agora, encara Julia Adams, dos Estados Unidos, e Briana Szabo, da Romênia, as principais favoritas.
Na chave de simples do W35, a ex-top 3 Sloane Stephens caiu na segunda rodada diante da convidada Luciana Perry, de 22 anos e número 1.110 do ranking, por 6/4, 5/7 e 6/3. Perry encara agora Janae Preston, outra anfitriã.
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