Matilde Jorge, the Portuguese tennis player currently ranked 300th in the WTA rankings, advanced convincingly to the round of 16 of the 2nd Cartuxa Évora Ladies Open. The athlete defeated Frenchwoman Margaux Rouvroy, ranked 346th in the world, in an authoritative display that served as revenge for the defeat suffered last year in the final of the W35 Lousada Indoor Open. Matilde Jorge's next challenge will be against Belgian Greet Minnen, a former world No. 59 and now at No. 176, who also got off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Teresa Franco Dias by a double 6-0.
The tournament's top seed, Canadian Kayla Cross (162nd), had no trouble defeating the Portuguese-Brazilian Giulia Pereira de Aguiar, winning 6-0 and 6-0. Among the competition's surprises, British Mika Stojsavljevic, just 17 years old, managed to eliminate compatriot Jodie Anna Burrage, a former world No. 85, with scores of 6-4 and 6-0. Stojsavljevic once reached world junior No. 5 and won the 2024 US Open under-18 title.
Regarding other competition results, American Malaika Rapolu (352nd WTA) advanced by defeating Switzerland's Paula Cembranos 6-4 and 6-4, while British Katie Swan (207th) eliminated Ecuadorian Mell Reasco Gonzalez 6-0 and 6-2. On the other hand, Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin, a former world No. 46 and now ranked 329th, was eliminated by Britishwoman Sofia Johnson (459th), who managed to come back after losing the first set.
For Wednesday's action on September 9th, more matches with Portuguese participation are scheduled. Francisca Jorge, currently ranked 233rd in the WTA rankings, will make her debut against Australian Gabriela da Silva Fick, ranked 701st in the world. Also Angelina Voloshchuk, ranked 346th globally, will enter competition facing British Hannah Klugmann, ranked 439th in the rankings.
