Montevideo Open: Carle Advances to the Second Round

On Wednesday evening, Maria Lourdes Carle emerged victorious against Valeriya Strakhova with scores of 6-4, 6-3. This win secured Carle, the fifth seed from Argentina, a spot in the second round of the Montevideo Open, held at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.

Ranked 140th, Carle is set to face Slovenian player Polona Hercog in the upcoming round.

Other first-round results from the Montevideo WTA 125 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, which offers a prize fund of USD 115,000, are as follows (most recent matches listed first):

• Gabriela Lee (Qualifier) defeated Lucia De Santa Ana (Wild Card): 6-0, 6-1
• Renata Zarazua (2nd seed) defeated Haley Giavara (Qualifier): 6-0, 7-5
• Ekaterine Gorgodze beat Juliana Rodriguez (Wild Card): 6-3, 6-4
• Polona Hercog triumphed over Varvara Lepchenko (Qualifier): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Solana Sierra (7th seed) overcame Carolina Bohrer Martins (Wild Card): 6-4, 6-1
• Miriam Bulgaru (6th seed) won against Anna Rogers (Qualifier): 6-1, 6-1
• Despina Papamichail beat Victoria Hu: 6-4, 6-2
• Diane Parry (1st seed) defeated Amina Anshba: 7-5, 6-3
• Julia Riera (4th seed) beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-3, 6-1
• Ylena In-Albon defeated Raveena Kingsley: 6-3, 6-3
• Robin Montgomery won against Leyre Romero Gormaz: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Martina Capurro Taborda (3rd seed) beat Taly Licht (Wild Card): 6-1, 6-1
• Daria Lodikova defeated Valentini Grammatikopoulou (8th seed): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Eva Vedder won against Gabriela Ce: 7-5, 6-4
• Ipek Oz triumphed over Jamie Loeb: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4