Ana Bohdan (68 WTA), the only Romanian at the tournament in Lyon in singles, lost in the first round to Clara Burel (107 WTA), score 5-7, 4-6.

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Klara Burel, a player outside the WTA top 100, eliminated Ana Bohdan in Lyon

Without double faults in the 1st set, Ana Bohdan controlled the game, even managed to break her opponent’s serve for a score of 3-1.

An inexplicable fall followed, and the Romanian, who is ranked 68th in the WTA hierarchy, lost 4 matches in a row.

As a result, Ana Bohdan lost the first set on a tie-break.

The second set followed, with Ana once again in control of serve, and although the Frenchwoman continued to make plenty of double faults, the Romanian lost her serve at 2-2.

Ana’s game continued to be below expectations, and after an hour and 51 minutes, the Frenchwoman reached the round of 16, where she will face the 5th favorite Anastasia Potapova (43 WTA).

Know:

The Lyon Open is contested from January 30 to February 5 on hard. It has a total prize money of US$259,303, is ranked in the WTA 250 and last year’s champion is Zhang Shuai.