2024-04-16 17:54:13
Clara Burel recovered well from her difficult defeat (7-5, 6-0) against Katie Boulter on Saturday in the third singles match of the Billie Jean King Cup between France and Great Britain. The 23-year-old Breton signed her first victory on Tuesday (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) this season on clay against the Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska (182nd), from qualifying.
Trailing by a set and a break, Burel (44th) ended up raising his head and dominating his opponent quite widely in the last round. “At the beginning, it was a little difficult, I struggled to get into the match and have good feelings. And little by little, I felt better and better and in the end, I managed to find my rhythm, declared the French number 2.
“It wasn’t easy to get back on the pitch after a weekend and a big week like that. But I’m glad I got out of it.”
My defeat (against Boulter) was difficult to digest, the team’s defeat too. It wasn’t easy to get back on the pitch after a weekend and a big week like that. But I’m glad I got out of it. I told myself that I didn’t want to suffer a defeat like this weekend and I tried to stay in the match and I gave everything to win. » She will face the Japanese Nao Hibino (85th) or the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse (162nd) for a place in the quarter-finals.
Earlier this Tuesday, Fiona Ferro (144th), from the qualifications, put up a good battle and managed to come back from 2-5 to 5-5 in the last set but Eric Winogradsky’s protégé ended up losing (6-2, 1-6, 7-5) against the Russian Elina Avanesyan (67th), eighth-finalist at the last Roland-Garros.
It also did not go well for Alizé Cornet (106th), beaten with difficulty (6-4, 7-5) by the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (32nd), finalist of the WTA 1000 in Rome in 2023. The 34-year-old Niçoise years led 4-1 in the first set but lost all the following games. And in the second, led 5-2, she saved five match points and returned to 5-5 before giving up two games later.
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