Argentina Open: Lourdes Carlé and Paula Ormaechea lead the illusion and are already in the semifinals

Nothing like playing (and winning) at home. They have it very clear Lourdes Carlé. She knows it like few Paula Ormaechea. Each one on one side of the table, they continued a week of very good results and are already in the semifinals of the WTA125 Argentina Open, which takes place this week at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, with prizes of $115,000 and points for the world ranking. .

The first to celebrate was Ormaechea. The player born in Sunchales once again beat the Brazilian Laura Pigossi -she had already beaten her last week in the series between the two countries for the Billie Jean King Cup, in Tucumán-, and with a 6-2, 6-4 success , got into the semifinals. These are unique days for Ormaechea, who returned to play in our country, months after the death of her father. Even more: in this tournament she had received an invitation to play in the qualification, but the loss of some players at the last minute allowed Carlé access to the main draw, and the wild card reserved for the woman from Dero passed into the hands of Ormaechea, who took advantage of the maximum opportunity.

Settling in Europe for a long time, the 30-year-old Sunchalense celebrates this week one of her best productions on the WTA Tour. “I am enjoying this moment that does not happen every day, it has been a long time since I played a WTA semifinal [en concreto, desde el torneo de Bogotá 2013]”, commented the player who became number 59 in the world in October 2013 with a smile. Eliminate Russian Diana Shnaider 6-4, 6-3.

The other Argentine victory of the day came in the afternoon, with the success of Lourdes Carlé over the Andorran Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva 7-5, 6-2. The player from Buenos Aires stretched another week of good results against the left-handed player who was number 1 in the world on the junior tour. Carlé, 161 in the world, will face this Saturday the Hungarian Panna Udvardy (83rd), who beat the experienced Sara Errani (108) 2-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (7-4).

Also, in the doubles tournament, Nadia Podoroska advanced to the semifinals with the Montenegrin Kovinic as a partner, after defeating the Russians Amina Anshba and Darya Astakhova 5-7, 6-0 and 10-4.

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