The Argentine, 82nd in the world ranking, beat the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (19th) 6-4 and 6-4 in the 2nd round of the WTA 1000 in Madrid. She lost Nadia Podoroska.
Lourdes Carlé enjoy the best moment of his career in the WTA 1000 Madrid. The 24-year-old from Buenos Aires reached the third round by beating, for the first time, a top 20 player: she defeated the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (19th; 27 years old) by 6-4 and 6-4, in 2h 15m.
To the two victories he obtained in the qualy, the two in the main draw are now added. In the first round, Lourdes Carlé had surpassed the British Emma Raducanu, US Open champion in 2021 and former top ten, on Wednesday. Today, in court number 4 of the Caja Mágica in Madrid, the Argentine excelled against a top rival, who in October 2022 became No. 9 in the world and has two WTA individual titles.
The player trained in tennis in Tandil by Marcelo Gómez will face the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, world No. 10 and Roland Garros champion in 2017, in the third round of Madrid, who beat the Spanish Jessica 6-3 and 6-1 Bouzas Maneir (93°). For now, in the live ranking, Lourdes Carlé appears in 71st place and advances eleven positions.
Nadia Podoroska could not advance in Madrid
Nadia Podoroska (66th) could not continue advancing in the WTA 1000 in Madrid. After a successful presentation, against Katerina Siniakova (40th), the Rosario player had no options against the American Emma Navarro (23rd), who won 6-2 and 6-1 in 1h 11m.
She couldn’t find a way to defeat the American, who was very firm both when serving and when returning. In this way, Nadia Podoroska concluded her adventure at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, having added a victory against a higher-ranked player.
Pedro Cachín took off his mufa at the Madrid Masters 1000
Pedro Cachin (91st), who achieved his first victory on the ATP circuit since July 2023 at the Madrid Masters 1000, said that this does not change his thinking because what is important is the process.
“Of course I’m very happy, but it doesn’t change my thinking. Neither when I win do I get very high nor when I lose do I get very low. We don’t have to dramatize so much depending on what situations. I believe that life goes much further than victories or defeats “said the man from Córdoba after beating the Austrian Sebastian Ofner (45th), 6-3 and 6-3 in 1h 21m. Eighth finalist in Madrid last year, she will face American Frances Tiafoe (21st) in the next round.
Source: Ambito
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