Lourdes Carlé was one step away from entering the main draw at Wimbledon and Nadia Podoroska was eliminated in qualifying

Argentine tennis player Lourdes Carlé made it through the third round of the Wimbledon tournament, the English Grand Slam on grass this Wednesday, after beating Taiwanese En-Shuo Liang, while Nadia Podoroska was eliminated in the second round of the ranking.

Carlé, from Buenos Aires, number 152 on the WTA rankings, defeated En-Shuo Liang (195) 6-0, 3-6 and 6-1 in 1 hour and 30 minutes of play, and will now face Swede Mirjam Bjorklund (123 ) for a spot on the main draw of the British Grand Slam, which starts on Monday.

The born in Daireaux, in the south central province of Buenos Aires, 22 years ago, is playing her first qualy of a Grand Slam tournament and today she beat Kateryna Baindl (149) 3-6, 6-1 and 6-3 in the opening round.

For its part, Podoroska – returned after 10 months of inactivity – lost in the second round of the standings to Australian Jaimee Fourlis and said goodbye to the tournament.

The 2020 Roland Garros semi-finalist, now number 173 in the WTA rankings, fell to Fourlis (153) 6-4 and 7-6 (5) in 2 hours and 4 minutes.

The 25-year-old tennis player, who became 36th in the world in mid-2021, her best historical position, had physical problems (proximal tendinopathy of the right hamstring, located on the back of the thigh, near the hip), which prevented her from achieve continuity on the circuit, where he has just returned almost ten months after his last presentation (at the US Open, in August 2021).

Paula Ormaechea (154) of Santa Fe, third Argentine to participate in the women’s ranking at Wimbledon, lost in the first round to Croatian Jana Fett (254) 6-1, 6-1.

Only Olivo among men

Argentinian Renzo Olivo won his match in Wimbledon qualifiers on Wednesday and advanced to the round, while Pedro Cachín, Nicolás Kicker, Facundo Mena and Santiago Rodríguez Taverna were eliminated.

Olivo (191) beat the Austrian Jurji Rodionov (106) 6-4 and 7-6 (7/5) in an even match that was decided in favor of Rosario in the last point of the second set.

Cachín (118), who had reached the main draw at Roland Garros after qualifying, was defeated in three sets (4-6, 6-3 and 4-6) by Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov (199).

Additionally, Kicker from Buenos Aires (196) lost 6-3 and 6-2 to Swiss Alexander Ritschard (192), while Facundo Mena (162) lost to Frenchman Enzo Couacaud (155) 6-3 and 6-2 . .

Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (179), another who had also reached the main draw in Paris, was eliminated after losing to Croatian Duje Adjukovic (236) 6-3, 6-2.