Tennis: Bia Haddad falls in her WTA San Diego debut and suffers 4th defeat in a row – News of Brazil
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Current number 13 in the world, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad suffered her third consecutive defeat in debuts when she was overcome this Thursday (29), by 2 sets to 1, by the British Katie Boulter (49th in the WTA rankings) at the WTA 500 in San Diego (United States). After winning the first set 6/3, Bia took the upset: she lost the second set 6/3 and also the tie-break 6/4.
The Brazilian’s last triumph was against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, number six in the rankings, in the quarterfinals at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), earlier this month. Afterwards, Bia was eliminated in the semis of the Abu Dhabi tournament by Russian Daria Kasatkina (12th). Afterwards, the São Paulo native stopped in the first round of the WTA 1000 in Doha (Qatar) against the Chinese Xinyu Wang (25th) and lost in the first round of the WTA 1000 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to the Italian Jasmine Paolini (14th).
Pigossi advances to the W50 Petrória semi
Also this morning, São Paulo’s Laura Pigossi (123rd) advanced to the semifinals of the second WTA 50 Pretoria (South Africa), beating North American Jaeda Daniel, by 2 sets to 0 (6/0 and 6/4). Currently ranked 123rd in the WTA world rankings, Pigossi returns to the court on Friday (March 1) against Frenchwoman Manon Lonard (291st), at a time yet to be defined by the organizers.
Billie Jean King Cup
Bia Haddad and Laura Pigossi are part of the Brazilian quintet that will seek an unprecedented qualification for the finals of the traditional Billie Jean King Cup. Along with Carolina Meligeni, Luísa Stefani, and Ingrid Martins, Bia and Laura will compete in the qualifying tournament, which will bring together eight countries, on April 12th and 13th, in São Paulo. The Brazilian team will debut against the German team. Whoever wins the qualifier advances to the finals, which will take place in November.
Source: Agência Brasil
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