Carol Meligeni and Thaisa Pedretti enter the round of 16 of the Rio Ladies Open

Two Brazilians advanced to the round of 16 of the Rio Ladies Open, WTA 125 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, held at the Techset Academy, in Barra da Tijuca. Carol Meligeni and Thaisa Pedretti join Gabriela Cé in the next phase of the competition, which offers 115 thousand dollars in prizes and 125 points in the world ranking of […]

Two Brazilians advanced to the round of 16 of the Rio Ladies Open, WTA 125 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, held at the Techset Academy, in Barra da Tijuca. Carol Meligeni and Thaisa Pedretti join Gabriela Cé in the next stage of the competition, which hands out $115,000 in prizes and 125 WTA world ranking points.

This Wednesday (15th), starting at 3pm, Gabriela Cé seeks a place in the quarterfinals against Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze. Another highlight of the group will be the debut of Laura Pigossi and Ingrid Martins, seeded 1 in doubles, who will face their compatriots Sofia Mendonça and Leticia Vidal, no earlier than 5pm.

Carol Meligeni opened the center court program this Tuesday (14) with a solid victory over Colombian Maria Paulina Perez Garcia, by doubles 6/1.

“I’m very happy with my match today. The first round is always a little more tense. I’ve been playing against her since I was little at COSAT. It was really nice to be able to play here in Rio, with the fans, in this first edition of the tournament. I’m very happy to be here, to have managed to play well, to do several important things in today’s match. Now it’s time to continue enjoying the tournament and improve with each match”, said Carol, who faces the Austrian Sinja Kraus, leader of group 6, in the round of 16, only on Thursday (16th).

Thaisa Pedretti achieved her first win in a WTA tournament. Coming from the qualifiers, the Sao Paulo native beat Chilean Antonia Vergara Rivera 7/6 6/4.

“I’m very happy for my first win in the WTA. I worked a lot to get to this moment. Today I knew it would be a tough match, Antonia is coming off excellent results, she’s very solid and a warrior. In the first set I was behind, I started a little nervous, but I managed to control my emotions and find my game again. In the second set I took the lead, and even when I lost four games in a row, I kept calm and managed to close it out. I’m very happy and now it’s time to move on to the next one. round”, said Pedretti, who faces the Austrian Julia Grabher, seed 3, tormentor of Laura Pigossi.

*Results this Tuesday (14)*

Singles – 1st round

Carolina Alves (BRA) d. [Q] María Paulina Pérez García (COL) – 6/1 6/1

Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO) d. [2] Panna Udvardy (UNO) – 7/6 6/3

Martina Colmegna (ITA) d. [4] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) – 6/2 6/2

[Q] Martina Capurro Taborda (ARG) d. [WC] Pietra Rivoli (BRA) – 6/1 6/4

[Q] Thaisa Grana Pedretti (BRA) d. [WC] Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI) – 7/6 6/4

[3] Julia Grabher (AUT) m. Laura Pigossi (BRA) – 7/6(5) 7/6(2)

[1] Simona Waltert (SUI) d. Luisina Giovannini (ARG) – 6/2 3/6 6/1

[6] Sinja Kraus (AUT) d. [Q] Julia Konishi Camargo Silva (BRA) – 6/0 6/0

Doubles: 1st round

Ana Candiotto (BRA) / Julia Riera (ARG) d. Jazmin Ortenzi (ARG) / Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL) – 6/1 6/3

Carole Monnet (FRA) / Sada Nahimana (BDI) d. Carolina Alves (BRA) / Gabriela Cé (BRA) – 6/1 6/3

[3] Leyre Romero Gormaz (ESP)/Tara Wuerth (CRO) d. Allura Zamarripa (United States) / Maribella Zamarripa (United States) – 6/4 6/2

*Program for this Wednesday (15th):*

Central Court

3pm

Alice Rame (FRA) vs. Irene Burillo (ESP)

Next

Gabriela Cé (BRA) vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)

Not before 5pm

[1] Ingrid Martins (BRA) / Laura Pigossi (BRA) vs [WC] Sofia da Cruz Mendonça (BRA) / Leticia Vidal (BRA)

Not before 7pm

Julia Konishi Camargo Silva (BRA) / Rebeca Pereira (BRA) vs [4] Irene Burillo (ESP) / Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)

Court 1

Eva Vedder (NED) vs. Tara Wuerth (CRO)

Not before 6pm

Tina Smith (AUS) / Miriana Tona (ITA) vs. Martina Colmegna (ITA) / Alice Rame (FRA)

Andrea Gamiz (VEN) / Eva Vedder (NED) vs. Luiza Fullana (BRA) / Thaisa Pedretti (BRA)

Quadra2

3pm

Anastasia Zolotareva vs. Sada Nahimana (BDI)

*Tickets on sale*

Tickets for the Rio Ladies Open are still on sale at www.rioladiesopen.com

The Rio Ladies Open is sponsored by MundoTênis Tours, ENGIE Brasil, BRB and Decathlon. Organized by: MundoTênis Tours. Co-organization: Brazilian Tennis Confederation.

Source: Terra

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