2024-09-27 15:46:48
Published on September 27, 2024 at 5:46 p.m. – updated on September 27, 2024 at 5:48 p.m.
Opposed again to Coco Gauff, this Friday in the 2nd round of the Beijing tournament, Clara Burel, who came very close to the feat against the American last March in Indian Wells, this time lost quite heavily (7-5 , 6-3) against the 6th in the world.
Second confrontation this season between Coco Gauff and Clara Burel and second defeat for the Frenchwoman. This Friday, the two players met again, in the 2nd round of the Beijing tournament, six months after their first match in 2024, already for the 2nd round but in Indian Wells. And if Burel had been very close to creating a sensation in California last March by bringing down the American, there was nothing like that this time in China, where the number 6 in the WTA ranking enforced the hierarchy by suffering much less than during their first confrontation. Victorious in three sets at Indian Wells (2-6, 6-3, 7-6), Gauff, seeded number 4 in Beijing this week, only needed two sets on Friday (7-5, 6- 3) to validate his ticket for the 3rd round (where the British Boulter awaits) after 1h42 of play. However, if Burel, who had led 4-0 in the last set at Indian Wells after winning the first round on a clear score then served for the match, posed much less problems for the American than last March, she did not give up in this game once again.
Burel missed his chance again
Thus, after Gauff immediately erased the break that the 56th in the ranking had achieved in the first game of the match, the Breton found the strength to come back to the level even though she had quickly found herself trailing 4- 2. The German Korpatsch’s faller in the first round did better, obtaining a ball to win this first set, at 5-4, without however succeeding in converting it. The semi-finalist of the last Roland-Garros took the opportunity to take the lead before a second round much less rich in lost services which saw the Frenchwoman resist until the end of the round – not without having erased two break points – and a new break achieved by the 6th in the world, who then only had to finish the job. Once again, Burel, who did not suffer at all from the comparison again, has nothing to be ashamed of.
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