Camila Osorio advances steadily in the Colsanitas Cup, in Bogotá: she qualified for the quarterfinals

The Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio is in the quarterfinals of the Colsanitas Cup Zurich 2024, after beating the Romanian Anca Todoni this Thursday with partials of 7-6(4) and 6-4 in two hours of play.

It is the fourth time in her career that the Cucuteña has reached the top eight phase, after achieving it in 2019, 2021 and 2022. In addition, she has reached the quarterfinals of a WTA circuit tournament for the first time this season.

The first set was marked by the high effectiveness of the players in their serve, with only two breaks, one per side, for which the tie-breaker he was a judge; over there, Todoni quickly took a 3-0 lead, but Osorio He reacted and, driven by the crowd, not only equalized, but turned it around to take the lead.

In the second set there were four breaks in the first six games, initially, Camila She went up 2-0, but then it was the Romanian who led 3-2 with a break in her favor; However, the local player did not allow the difference to lengthen and immediately recovered.

Just when the European served to tie the contest at five, another break came for the Colombian, which allowed her to seal the victory and the ticket to the quarterfinals.

In search of the semifinals, the coffee racket awaits the winner of the match between Argentina Julia Riera and the German Tatjana Maria, current two-time champion of the only WTA 250 tournament in South America.

To confront Riera, the Colombian's executioner Emiliana Arango In the first round, it will be the first confrontation between the two; meanwhile, if your rival is Mariathey will meet for the second time, being the only confrontation in the first round in the past Australian Open with victory for the European team by 7-5, 6-7(4) and 6-4.

In this way, Camila returns to the quarterfinals of a WTA Circuit tournament after five and a half months, her most recent foray into this phase being the WTA 250 Nanchang (China) last October. The coffee player joins the Spanish Cristina Bucsa, the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the Romanian Irina Bara and the Italian Sara Errani as the inhabitants, for now, in the quarterfinals.

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