Eugenie Bouchard loses in qualifying at the Rome tennis tournament

Eugenie Bouchard lost 7-6 (4), 6-3 to Hungary’s Dalma Galfi in the first round of qualifying at the women’s tennis tournament in Rome on Monday.

It was the second career match between the two players, but their first on clay. The 29-year-old Quebecer had beaten Galfi 6-3, 6-2 in qualifying for the Ostrava tournament in the Czech Republic in 2022.

Bouchard, who is currently at 233^e world level in singles, lost after one hour and 46 minutes of play in front of Galfi, who occupies the 91^e rank.

Galfi, the seventh seed in the qualifying table, will meet in the next round with American Taylor Townsend, 17^e first in the series.

Meanwhile, Ontario’s Katherine Sebov lost 6-4, 6-3 to Russia’s Polina Kudermetova in the first round of qualifying. Kudermetova will meet Poland’s Magdalena Frech, 10, in the second round^e first in the series.

The Quebecer Leylah Annie Fernandez will face in the first round of the main draw a little later this week the player of the. Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

For her part, Ontario’s Bianca Andreescu, 24^e seeded in the tournament, had a bye to the second round. She will cross swords there with the winner of the first round match between the Estonian Kaia Kanepi and the Czech Marketa Vondrousova.

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