Tennis News: Canadian tennis player, Eugenie Bouchard has achieved a victory in the world of tennis with a victory in the first round of the Bogota Open 2023 (Copa Colsanitas).
In the 2023 season, the 29-year-old tennis player only played two matches before he was again forced to miss out through injury. After a three-month hiatus from WTA tournaments, she received a wildcard to compete in this season’s Bogota Open and she received it for her first clay-court tournament since the 2020 season.
The WTA 250-level tournament taking place in Bogota is one of the tournaments that gives lower-ranked tennis players the opportunity to go further after the highest-ranked player in the tournament this season is world number 29. , Elise Mertens.
In the first round, the Canadian tennis player was drawn to face Swiss national ranked 137th in the world, Ylena In Albon. The two players have never played against each other before, but the Canadian has more experience picking up big wins, especially after heading to Wimbledon in 2014.
He proved it with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 victory over In Albon in the first round of the Bogota Open.
The former world number 5 started the match well after breaking his opponent in the first game of the match. Before long, he too was broken and lost his edge. However, the Canadian tennis player continued to put pressure on the Swiss tennis player’s serve before finally winning the first set.
In the second set, Bouchard proved too tough for In Albon. He started the set, winning 13 straight points to take a 4-0 lead. Maintaining his serve in the next game, he takes a 5-0 lead. En Albon had shown tenacity to defend, but he was not strong enough and had to see the Canadian tennis player earn a ticket to the second round.
Bouchard will face Kamilla Rakhimova for a place in the Bogota Open quarter-finals after the fourth seed beat Cypriot Raluca Serban 7-6 6-3.
In other action, Bouchard’s compatriot, Carol Chao also had the chance after she managed to defeat Argentine tennis player, Maria Carle 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 and booked a second round match. against British tennis player, Francesca Jones who eliminated third seeded tennis player, Nuria Parrizas Diaz with 7-6, 6-1.
Meanwhile, sixth seed Laura Pigossi looked strong as she secured a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Colombia’s Antonia Samudio. In the second round, the Brazilian national will face Serbian national, Natalija Stevanovic who eliminated Spanish national, Marina Bassols Ribera 7-6, 7-5.
Article tags: Tennis, Bogota Open, Eugenie Bouchard
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