The City of Dijon open ends this Sunday afternoon. What to remember from this edition before its outcome? The convincing performance of Mégane Courtois (0), a rare stroke of brilliance for the Burgundians? The numerous packages despite resorting to the waiting list? Barely noted the absence of withdrawals in the final tables by the referee, Gérard Serent, Théo Gravouil (n°42), winner of her first match, declared hers in the quarter-final.
No. 2, the Ukrainian Veronika Podrez (no. 30, 17 years old), did not leave much to Maëlle Leclerq (no. 52). Gaëlle Desperrier (n°34) reached the semi-finals by dominating Switzerland's Tess Sugnaux (n°47) imitated by n°1, Amandine Monnot (n°25), in two short sets.
Bouquier out
Among the men, Bertrand (n°37) easy winner of Tepmahc (-15) and Tatlot (n°60) joined the semi-finals. As for the promising duel between the Franc-Comtois Bouquier (n°44) and the big Fomba (-15), it was and ended in favor of the latter, 7-1, in the tie-break of the last set.
TABLEAU FINAL DAMES
1er tour : Leclercq (n°52, La Gde-Motte) b. Bretnacher (-4/6, Cattenom), 6-4, 6-4; Sugnaux (n°47, Reichstett, 720th, SUI) b. Chiarello (-15, Nogent), 6-1, 6-4; Gravouil (n°42, La Roche/Yon) b. Bardet (-4/6, Ermont), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Lew Van Foon (n°40, 642nd, Quimper) b. Deppner (-15, Strasbourg), 6-1, 6-1.
Quarts : Desperrier (n°34, Clermont) b. Sugnaux, 6-2, 6-3; Podrez (n°30, Meudon, UKR) b. Leclercq (n°52, La Gde-Motte), 6-3, 6-2; Lew Van Foon b. Gravouil, wo; Monnot (n°25, Fontainebleau) b. Truong (-4/6, Annecy), 6-1, 6-1.
MEN’S FINAL TABLE
1er tour : Sinius (-2/6, Sucy) b. Walch (n°95, Grenoble), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Ifi (-15, Pleasure) b. Paris (n°88, Riorges), 6-2, 6-3; Freire Da Silva (n°88, Gien) b. Abderrahman (-15, Manin), 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.
Quarts : Bertrand (n°37, Loon-Plage) b. Tepmahc (-15, La Fourragère), 6-3, 6-0; Fomba (-15, Pleasure) b. Bouquier (n°44, Strasbourg), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1); Tatlot (n°60, Blanc-Mesnil) b. Sinius, 6-3, 7-6. PROGRAM OF THE DAY. – 1/2 ladies at 9 o'clock; gentlemen at 10:15 a.m. Ladies' final at 2 p.m., men's final at 3:15 p.m.
