Sierra withdrew from the WTA 500 in Charleston and gave the victory to a qualifying tennis player outside the Top 250

New worrying performance by the Argentine Solana Sierra (65th), which this Monday retired of the Charleston WTA 500 because of a general malaise while falling 7-5 and 3-0, and gave the victory to a tennis player from the qualy and outside the top 250 of the world ranking as the local Akasha Urhobo (273rd).

Despite advancing to the semifinals of the WTA 125 in Manila, the 21-year-old from Mar del Plata, has not yet managed to show its best version during the current seasonbecoming evident again in the American event on clay by not finding answers versus the one born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 19 and the executioner of her compatriots Whitney Osuigwe (176th) and Elvina Kalieva (143rd) without problems to overcome the preliminary phase of a tournament at the highest level for the first time.

After receiving medical attention and demonstrate dizzinessthe Wimbledon 2025 eighth-finalist would make the decision to abandon the fight, registering 52% of points won with her first serve and five breaks conceded in one hour and 14 minutes of play on court 3 of the complex to extend her lean production in 2026 when totaling nine defeats, four in a row, and just three successes If only the main tables of the Tour.

For her part, the owner of three ITF titles, two in the current calendar, which has already climbed virtually to 229th place in the ranking, scored her first win in WTA competitions and will seek to strike the blow in the next instance against the Czech Sara Bejlek (40th), 20 years old, recently proclaimed in the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi and 13th seeded in North American soil.

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