No. 2 seed Solana Sierra was certainly one of three seeded opponents who coasted into the quarterfinals of the SP Open with straight-set wins on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.
The Argentine, who sits 82nd within the WTA rankings, disposed of 15-year-old Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva from Brazil 6-0, 6-4 in 63 minutes, rallying from a 4-3 deficit within the second set to complete off the victory. Britain’s No. 6 seed Francesca Jones will face Sierra within the quarterfinals after beating Whitney Osuigwe 6-4, 7-6 (6).
No. 3 seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines completed the day’s competitors with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Julia Riera. She’ll face Indonesia’s Janice Tjen, who adopted up her first-round upset of French No. 7 seed Leolia Jeanjean with a 53-minute 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Martina Okalova of Slovakia.
French competitor Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah additionally superior into the third spherical with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Mexico’s Victoria Rodriguez. The opposite three quarterfinal opponents will probably be decided throughout Thursday’s competitors.
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Italy’s Lucrezia Stefanini denied American Sloane Stephens a win in her first match since February, beating her 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in a first-round match in Mexico.
Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open winner, has been sidelined for the final seven months because of a foot damage. Main 5-3 within the second set when play was suspended on Tuesday, Stephens completed off the second set Wednesday, however gained simply 35 p.c of her service factors within the deciding set, dropping her serve 3 times.
Nikola Bartunkova turned the primary participant to punch her ticket to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Darja Vidmanova in an all-Czech matchup.
In night motion, No. 1 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium and No. 2 Veronika Kudermetova of Russia are set to play their first matches of the occasion after receiving first-round byes. Mertens faces France’s Elsa Jacquemot, whereas Kudermetova will tackle Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra.
–Area Stage Media
