Jil Teichmann (WTA 37) suffered a bitter failure in the round of 16 of the WTA 250 tournament in Istanbul. The Seelandaise lost 6-4 6-4 in front of the Austrian Julia Grabher, 194th in the world and from the qualifications.
Seeded No. 5 in the table, Teichmann nevertheless seemed able to turn the tide in this part. She indeed dismissed a double break point in the second set, at 6-4 4-2, before picking up at 4-4 by seizing the opposing face-off for the first time. The left-hander, however, was unable to follow up, losing eight of the last nine points of the match.
Teichmann has not reached the quarter-finals of a clay-court tournament since the fall of 2020 in Strasbourg. Since then, she has only won 5 matches in total in the last 8 tournaments she has played on this surface.
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