Colombian Camila Osorio and Mariana Higuita continue to bring joy to national tennis with their good performances in the United States and Turkey respectively.
The cucuteña, which disputes the WTA 150 in Midland, beat local Elizabeth Mandlik with part times of 6-1 and 7-5, and passed to the quarter-finals of the race that takes place in Texas.
The Colombian will face the German Anna-Lena Friedsam, number 129 in the ranking, who beat the American Sachia Vickery, (191), 6-2, 6-3 this Friday at 13:30 (Colombian time).
Camila comes from another good performance in Mexico, as she reached the quarter-finals in the Tampico tournament, where she was eliminated by the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Mariana Higuita, of the Liga Antioqueña de Tenis, instead obtained her second victory, her first individual, in the Under 16 World Cup held in Turkey.
Mariana defeated Thailand’s Assaraphon Wannapho with runs of 7-6 (5) and 6-2, giving Colombia the first point of the series.
In the second hour Valentina Mediorreal seals the national victory by beating Lidia Podgorichani 6-2, 6-4.
In the doubles, the Thai duo of Assaraphon Wannapho and Pimmada Thongkum defeated Mariana Higuita and María Paz Ospina with the results of 7-6 (5) and 6-1.
Colombia finished the Italian group stage in third place in Group A, behind the United States (first) and Turkey.
Now, the Colombians will fight to stay in ninth place, in a new round in which the third and fourth teams of groups A, B, C and D will participate. The draw has established that the coffee makers, led by Francisco Franco, will face the one another before Egypt. 16 countries participate in this competition. In South America there are also Argentina and Chile.
