Colombian tennis player Emiliana Arango reacts to the Australian Storm Hunter this Thursday, during a match of the Guadalajara Open Wta 500 tournament at the Pan American Tennis Center in Guadalajara (Mexico)
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The Colombian Emiliana Arango advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament WTA from Guadalajara This Thursday by beating the Australian Storm Hunter With a doble 6-2 In the second round, while the Belgian Elise Mertens and the Russian Veronika Kudermetova, first and second favorites, were eliminated.
The day began after a delay of more than an hour for rain, and Arango, number 86 in the world, won Hunter (1,269) in an hour and seven minutes.
Solid from the bottom of the court and effective when returning, the tennis player from Medellín overwhelmed the Australian, who made 34 united errors.
“I knew that she pays the ball very strong and that I was going to treat quite quickly, I decided to go out to throw up and down, to the sides, but nothing at the height of the waist, because it is very hard and, as is left -handed, sometimes you can't see the ball,” said Arango after the game.
Arango's rival in the next round later left the game between the letona Jelena Ostopenko, third pre -classified, and the Canadian Marina Stakusic.
This Thursday was the elimination of the Belgian Elise Mertens, the most favorite of the tournament, losing to the Frenchman Elsa Jacquemot in the resumption of his game, which was interrupted by rain on Wednesday night when the second set was played.
Jacquemot (83) came from behind and gave the bell to defeat Mertens (22) in three sets with partials of 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in two hours with 25 minutes.
In his turn, the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (26), second in planting, fell to Andorra Victoria Jiménez (123) in another game that had to be played on Wednesday night, but was postponed by rain.
Coming from the qualifier, Jiménez won Kudermetova in two sleeves with a 6-4 and 6-2 slate in two hours with four minutes.
The Guadalajara WTA 500 tournament is played on the hard surface tracks of the Pan American Tennis Complex and distributes a million dollars in prizes.
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