2023-05-25 21:00:17
The French Clara Burel, 22 years old and 122nd in the world, continues her way to the WTA 250 tournament in Strasbourg where she qualified for the last four on Thursday by beating the American Bernarda Pera in three sets 6-2, 3-6, 6 -4.
The last Frenchwoman in the running on Strasbourg clay, the Rennaise signed a good performance by winning against the 38th in the world in just over two hours of play. Junior world champion in 2018, Burel, whose best ranking dates back to February 2022 (74th), had already dismissed this week the Romanian Sorana Cirstea, 31st in the world and finalist in 2021, then the Estonian Kaia Kanepi (76th) in the next round.
She will face a comeback on Friday, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who dismissed in two sets the Russian Varvara Gracheva, 44th in the WTA (6-3, 6-4). Returned to the circuit in early April after a one-year break due to war in her country and maternity, the former world No.3, 28, wife of French tennis player Gaël Monfils, is now ranked 508th and has benefited from an invitation to Strasbourg.
The other semi-final will oppose the American Lauren Davis (58th) to the Russian Anna Blinkova (66th).
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