Ana Bohdan on Monday took a step to eighth place at the WTA tournament in Parma (category 250), our athlete overtook Laura Pigossi (108th place in the world).
Ana Bohdan in the 1/8 finals of WTA Parma after defeating Laura Pigossi
Our player won in two sets with the score 6-1, 6-2. The game lasted one hour and 13 minutes.
The sixth favorite of the Italian tournament is Ana Bohdan (ranked 53rd in the world). The main seed number is Maria Sakkari, the seventh racket in the WTA hierarchy.
Ana will fight for a place in the quarters with Anna Karolina Schmidlova (118 WTA).
Ana Bohdan is at the best WTA position in her career
After Monday’s victory, Ana Bohdan moved up two more positions in the WTA rankings, now she is 51st in the Live ranking (the best position in her career).
Romania still has two representatives in the WTA Parma main draw: Iryna Begu and Gabriela Lee Talaba.
Iryna is the third favorite and will play Victoria Tomova (93 WTA) in the first round, while Gabriela Lee Talaba (150 WTA) will face Matilde Paoletti (366 in the world).
The Parma Ladies Open runs from September 26 to October 1 on clay, has a total prize pool of $251,750, is part of the WTA 250 category, and is headlined by Coco Gauff (not competing in this year’s tournament).
Changes took place in the WTA ranking.
Source: Hot News RO
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