Published on November 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. – updated on November 1, 2024 at 10:04 a.m.
This Thursday, Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot, 148th player in the world, was eliminated in the round of 16 of the WTA tournament in Merida, Mexico.
Elsa Jacquemot ended up giving up her arms. This Thursday, the Frenchwoman, 148th player in the world, was eliminated in the round of 16 of the WTA tournament in Merida in Mexico, on hard court, by the Turkish Zeynep Sonmez, 127th player in the world, in two sets (7-6 (3), 6 -3) and 1h52 of play, in a match which started this Wednesday evening. In the first round, the Frenchwoman was broken from the start, before a double-break in the process. Trailing quite quickly 3-0, the Habs managed a break just after. At that time, this meeting had been interrupted, due to rain, before resuming the next day. At 1-3, Elsa Jacquemot saved another break point, before taking the next service from her opponent of the day, to equalize at 3-3. At 4-3, the 148th player in the world missed another break opportunity. The last four games were then just a succession of breaks and both players headed to the tie-break.
Jacquemot had however broken at the start of the second round
In this decisive game, the Turk took control, at 2-1, before concluding this first set, on her first set point (7-6 (3)). Finally, in the second and last round, the Frenchwoman managed the entry break, before giving up her first two services. The Tricolor then obtained two new break points, at 1-3, then at 2-4, but without success each time. Zeynep Sonmez managed to maintain this advantage until the end of this meeting, concluded on her very first match point (6-3). During the quarter-finals, the 127th player in the world will face the Mexican Renata Zarazua, 62nd player in the world and number 1 seed.who overthrew the Polish Maja Chwalinska, 175th player in the world and qualified, in three sets (2-6, 6-2, 6-1) and 2h32 of play. The Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 85th player in the world and head of series n°3, had withdrawn before her match against the Swiss Jil Teichmann, 153rd player in the world.
