From a young age Elsa Jacquemot has been known for her skills as a fighter on a court. She had shown them again at the start of the year during the qualifications for the WTA tournament created by Caroline Garcia at the Palais des Sports in Lyon, during the French internationals in the category, which she won in September at Roland Garros, then in Spain where it had imposed itself after having pushed aside its toughest rival, the Russo-Andorran Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, from its route.
Led 4/2 in the last set, 4 hours of match!
Assured of the title of junior world champion since the day before, she once again went to the front, this Friday, by snatching her qualification for the semi-finals of the Orange Bowl, which is played in Florida, against the Belgian Costoulas, who led 4/2 in the third set, offered two balls of 5/3 but had to admit defeat after three exceptional sets (7/5, 4/6, 7/6 (4) and d ‘a four hour fight!
The young member of Thierry Ascione’s “All In Academie” is therefore only two matches away from placing a very nice icing on her cake, she who will succeed Clara Burel in the world rankings among juniors, titled in, 2018 , and Diane Parry (2019). “The pressure did not ease after obtaining her title of world champion, but she fights and shows an extraordinary heart” explained Simon Blanc, coach of a player who will face Belarusian Jana Kolodynska. , seeded number 7, in the semi-finals. Elsa Jacquemot is the last Frenchwoman still in the race since Océane Bable lost to the Finnish Hietaranta, who will face the American Ashley Krueger, who fell for Jiménez Kasintseva.
Note that in the boys, the Rhone Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard, seed number 5, was eliminated in the third round by Juncheng Shang (12) in three sets.
