Brazilian tennis player Laura Pigossi won this Saturday (28) a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after beating Argentina’s Julia Riera by 2 sets to 1 in the semi-final of women’s singles tennis at the Pan American Games.

In the final, Pigossi will face Argentinian Lourdes Carlé in the fight for gold in the sporting event in Santiago, Chile.

Olympic medalist at Tokyo 2020, Laura Pigossi had a difficult match against Riera. The partials were 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (7/5). In the final set on clay, her opponent managed to lead the duel, but the tennis player from São Paulo reacted in time, forced a tie-break and secured her place in the final, which she celebrated in crying at the net.

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Laura’s next opponent, Lourdes Carlé, beat Canadian Rebecca Marino 6/1 and 6/4. She is 146th in the world rankings, and at the Pan American Games she has yet to lose a set.

Secure in the final, Brazil’s second best tennis player, and 274th in the world rankings, will have another medal in her collection. At the last Olympic Games, Laura won bronze in doubles alongside Luisa Stefani. Also this Saturday, the Brazilian women’s duo will face Colombians Maria Fernanda Herazo and Maria Paulina Perez, to fight for a place in the final.

This Saturday’s tennis day also hosted the men’s semi-finals with two Brazilian participants. Thiago Monteiro is the rival of the Chilean Tomás Barrios, great local hope, and Gustavo Heide faces the young Argentinian Facundo Díaz Acosta.

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