The French Clara Burel and Kristina Mladenovic qualified Thursday for the quarter-finals of the Lyon women's tennis tournament, of which Caroline Garcia, seed number 3, was eliminated after her severe defeat against the Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-1 , 6-2).
The great adventure therefore continues for Burel (19) who beat his compatriot Alizé Cornet, seed number 4 (6-1, 1-6, 6-3) in the first round.
218th in the world, she defeated the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (96th) in three sets (7-5, 2-6, 6-0) and will face in the quarter-finals, Friday, the French number 1 and seed number 2 of the tournament, Fiona Ferro.
"Being able to play a WTA tournament, especially here in Lyon, is beneficial to me when there are few events in prospect for me, who mainly play tournaments on the secondary circuit."
Clara Burel
“The first run was a bit disjointed but I got through it.
I felt some pain in the 2nd set but I went over it before hanging on in the 3rd.
It paid off.
It is a pleasure to win such matches.
It has been a long time since I had chained two tournaments with so many victories, ”rejoiced the 2018 world junior champion, finalist last week in the ITF $ 25,000 tournament in Poitiers.
“Being able to play a WTA tournament and especially here in Lyon is beneficial to me when there are few events in prospect for me, who mainly plays tournaments on the secondary circuit.
Now Fiona (Ferro) is playing great tennis.
It will be a very tough game against a very good player that I can't wait to face, ”she added as she enters the World Top 200 at the next WTA ranking on Monday.
Kristina Mladenovic, 53rd in the world, was quick against Russian Margarita Gasparyan (N.130) with a victory in two mastered sets (6-4, 6-2).
“I started well before a lack of concentration but my opponent put out some good returns and served well.
It was reversed but I was solid at the end of the first set ”, she commented“ very happy with this victory ”.
Mladenovic will face the next round, the winner of the match played Thursday night between Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele and Spain's Paula Badosa, seeded number 7, a match she "intended to follow".
The big disappointment came from Caroline Garcia, who fell from a height against a player from the qualifying table.
Caroline Garcia totally misses it
Seed number 3, the 47th in the world, who had hardly beaten the French Océane Dodin on Tuesday in three sets, conceded an expeditious defeat (6-1, 6-2) against the Swiss Viktorija Golubic (129th).
“I lack consistency in my game, in my positioning and precision.
It cost me to be more solid and put her under pressure, ”she tried to explain.
"It would have been interesting to be able to continue in the tournament," added the Lyonnaise, involved in the organization as a shareholder of the event from which she left prematurely and which subsequently plans to play in Dubai, Miami or even Bogota.
The last quarter-final will pit the Italian Camila Giorgi (81st) against the formidable Danish Clara Tauson (139th), after qualifying.
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