Beatriz Haddad Maia, n ° 27, n ° 27 in the world, had trouble going to the finish line, but eliminated Laura Pigossi, 6-1, 6-4, in a battle of the Brazilians at the Sao Paulo Open on Thursday.
Haddad Maia, who reached the fourth round of the US Open, crossed the first set in 36 minutes and took a 5-1 lead in the second set. But Pigossi, 31, turned out to be difficult, holding the service twice and breaking the best classified Brazilian woman in the eighth game. She won two of the first three points in the 10th game, but Haddad Maia won the last three points and won the second round match.
Friday, Haddad Maia will face the fifth seeded Renata Zarazua, who beat Turkey Berfu Cengiz 6-4, 6-4. Zarazua beaten Madison Keys in the first round of the US Open.
Hungary Panna Udvardy defeated another favorite in the country of origin, Ana Cantiotto, 6-3, 6-3.
Guadalajara Open Akron
The two best seeds, Elise Mertens in Belgium and Veronika Kudermetova in Russia, fell during the afternoon session in the second round in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Sea Mertens Departed a decision of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Elsa Jacquemot de France in a thriller of 2 hours of 31 minutes, while Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorre defeated No. 2 Kudermetova 6-4, 6-2.
Mertens was broken at 15-40 in the first match of the decisive ensemble and lost its service in LOVE in the fifth match. Jimenez Kasintseva pushed the four chances of breaking out of his opponent, while capitalizing on 3 out of 6.
In the other afternoon match, Emiliana Arango in Colombia beat the Australian storm hunter 6-2, 6-2.
The n ° 3 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, the remaining seed, was to face the Marina Stakusic of Canada during the evening session. Two other second round games are on the program.
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