Gabriela Ruse’s career at the “WTA 250” tournament in Monterrey stopped in the 1/8 finals, the phase of the competition, where our athlete lost to Elise Mertens.

Gabriela Ruse defeated Elise Mertens at the WTA in Monterrey

The fourth favorite of the race in Mexico, the Belgian prevailed after almost two and a half hours of play over the Romanian (160 WTA) with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Mertens (42 WTA) will beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (49 WTA, seed #8) in the quarters.

Know:

• For the presence in the eighth place, Ruse (leaves the qualification) will receive a check for the amount of 3,920 dollars and 30 points in the WTA rating.

• In doubles, Gabriela Ruse and Anna Bondar (Hungary) are the main favorites and reached the semi-finals.

Abierto GNP Seguros takes place from February 27 to March 5 on hard, is part of the WTA 250 category, has a total prize pool of $259,303, and is the main favorite with Caroline Garcia.

Monterrey seeds: Caroline Garcia (1), Marie Buzkova (2), Donna Vekic (3), Elise Mertens (4), Lin Zhu (5), Kateryna Siniakova (6), Mayar Sherif (7) and Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8 ).