Clara Burel has a meeting with Coco Gauff. And it was not so easy to obtain for the French number two, who needed three rounds to overcome the Chinese Xiyu Wang. Burel, 47th in the world, was surprised in the first round, even though she had broken the first one from the start. But a bad game in the middle of the set put the 52nd in the world back in the match, and Burel paid dearly for an interminable game at 4 all (22 points), where she let three break points slip away before giving up her serve and the set from the next game.
Fortunately, Burel reacted quickly in the second set, with two successive breaks to equalize at one set all from his first set point (6-2). The decisive set was marked by an exchange of breaks at the start of the round. Burel had given in first to come back just as quickly (2-2). She was able to make the difference in the middle of the set, taking the Chinese woman’s serve for a third time in a row, to maintain her lead and conclude on her first match point.
In the next round, Burel will therefore find Coco Gauff. The American, third in the world, was exempt from the first round, and will therefore enter the tournament on this occasion.
2024-03-07 21:58:52
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