Anapoima (Colombia) – In a week that has not yet lost sets, Carolina Meligeni Alves continues to be devastating and will compete in another decision of the season. Current 349th in the world and 3rd seed in the ITF W35 in Anapoima, played on clay courts in Colombia, the Brazilian overcame this Saturday the Italian Miriana Tona, number 325 in the ranking, with splits of 6/2 and 6/3 in 1h35 of departure.
This will be Carol’s second final in 2024, after the title won at the W15 in São João da Boa Vista, in March. Also on the Colombian clay, the 28-year-old from São Paulo had already obtained a good result with the semifinal at the W35 de Mosquera last week. In the current campaign, Brazil’s number 3 conceded just 16 games in four matches played.
Her opponent in the decision will come from the duel between the Frenchwoman Alice Tubello, 434th in the ranking and sixth main entrant in the tournament, and the Russian Daria Lodikova, 355th placed in the WTA and fourth pre-classified in the competition. In both cases, the duel will be unprecedented for Carol.
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If she becomes champion on Sunday, Carol will reach her eighth and greatest achievement in her professional career. To date, she has two W10 level trophies, four W15 trophies and one W25 level. The tournament in Colombia gives 35 points in the WTA ranking to the champion and 23 to the runner-up. Provisionally, the Brazilian is gaining 20 positions, based on last week’s results in Mosquera, reaching 329th place. The points for this week’s tournament only come in after the WTA 1000 in Rome. The 28-year-old from São Paulo has a best record of 165th place.
