Aurélie SACCHELLI, printed on Monday March 01, 2021 at 13:37
Arantxa Rus (n ° 8) is the primary seed to cross the primary round of the event in Lyon, after his victory in straight units over Xiyu Wang.
Let’s go for the second version of the Open 6eme Sens de Lyon, co-organized by Caroline Garcia. If one of the best gamers on the planet are in Doha this week, the Lyon event desk continues to be fascinating, with the presence of seven French girls, together with 4 seeds (Garcia, Mladenovic, Ferro, Cornet). While ready for the Blue, it was the Dutch Arantxa Rus who was the primary seed to look on the court docket, and he or she gained 7-6, 6-4 in 2:20 towards the Chinese Xiyu Wang. But it was difficult for the 79th participant on the planet, who was down 5-2 within the first set. Wang missed three set factors at 5-2, 5-4, then the tie-break at 6-5, and it was lastly Rus who lined up three factors in a row to pocket the set. In the second, she broke to 1-1 then managed to keep up her benefit, regardless of a 4-4 ball in favor of the Chinese. In the following round, Aranxta Rus can be against the Belgian Greet Minnen.
LYON (France, WTA 250, arduous indoor, 235 238 €)
Title holder: Sofia Kenin (USA)
1st round
Alexandrova (RUS, n ° 1) – Tauson (DAN, Q)
Babos (HON) – Gracheva (RUS)
Kuzmova (SLQ) – Giorgi (ITA)
Stojanovic (SER) – Cirstea (ROU, n ° 6)
Mladenovic (FRA, n ° 4) – Buzarnescu (ROU)
Zavatska (UKR) – Gasparyan (RUS, Q)
Voegele (SUI) – Bara (ROU)
Tan (FRA, WC) – Badosa (ESP, n ° 7)
Rus (PBS, n ° 8) beats Wang (CHN): 7-6 (6), 6-4)
Minnen (BEL) beats Kawa (POL): 7-5, 7-5
Lapko (BIE) – Golubic (SUI, Q)
Dodin (FRA) – Garcia (FRA, n ° 3)
Cornet (FRA, n ° 5) – Burel (FRA, WC)
Sasnovich (BIE) – Bouchard (CAN, WC)
Gatto-Monticone (ITA, Q) – Martincova (RTC, Q)
Frech (POL, Q) – Ferro (FRA, n ° 2)
