The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa defeated the French Harmony Tan on Tuesday in her debut at the Lyon tournament, in the WTA category and that distributes 165,000 euros in prizes, after coming back from an adverse second set (6-4, 0-6 and 7-6 (5)) to stay alive in the women's team.
Badosa knew how to suffer and took the victory in 2 hours and 20 minutes, after a third and final set that began 2-0 in his favor. However, the local player -number 188 of the ranking- went further compromising the pass to the 'tie-break', where the Spanish was more accurate. In this way, the only national tennis player in the Lyon tournament will face the Swiss Stefanie Vögele in the round of 16, who She beat the Romanian Irina Bara in her debut, also in three sets and in a marathon duel (7-6 (3), 6-7 (5) and 6-3).