Elizara Yaneva was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the singles at the WTA 125 hard court tennis tournament in Courmayeur (Italy), which has a prize pool of 115,000 euros.
Bulgaria's top seed lost in a highly contested match 7:5, 6:7(4), 1:6 to Elsa Jacquemo (France) after two hours and 33 minutes of play.
The 19-year-old Yaneva fell behind 3:5, but won the next four games and closed the first set 7:5. The Bulgarian led 4:0 in the second half, then lost three consecutive games. With another breakthrough, she led 5:3 and with this result served to win the match.
Yaneva lost her serve, and at 5:4 she received three match points on the Frenchwoman's serve, but was unable to take advantage. Subsequently, it came to a tiebreak, in which the Bulgarian led 2:0, but gave way 4:7. In the decisive third set, Yaneva lost five consecutive games after 1:1 and was eliminated from the competition.
For her good performance, Elizara Yaneva earned 27 points for the world ranking, in which she occupies a career-high 139th place this week.
Later today, the other Bulgarian national player Rositsa Dencheva will play her semifinal doubles match. Dencheva and Enola Chiesa (Italy) will compete for a place in the final against second seeds Madeleine Brooks (Great Britain) and Lisa Saar (Sweden).