Bogota Open: 16-year-old Pareja becomes youngest WTA quarter-finalist since 2021
The 16-year-old qualifier will play the winner of the match between Leolia Jeanjean and Selena Janicijevic in the next round
16-year-old American qualifier Julieta Pareja continued her dream week with a win over Romanian lucky loser Patricia Maria Tig 6-3, 7-6 (3) to move into the quarter-finals of the Bogota Open on Wednesday.
The win makes Pareja the youngest to make a WTA Tour-level quarter-final since 2021.
Pareja will face the winner of the match between Leolia Jeanjean and Selena Janicijevic next.
Ahead of her win today, the American won against Colombian wildcard Maria Jose Sanchez Uribe (6-1, 6-1) in the main draw.
Tig, ranked No 243, beat Colombian Emiliana Arango, the No 4 seed (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.
Bogota WTA 500, other second-round matches (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 275,094, most recent results first):
- Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Raluka Serban (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Katarzyna Kawa (Q) beat Laura Pigossi: 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Emina Bektas vs. Camila Osorio
- Tatjana Maria vs. Hanna Chang
- Julia Riera vs. Iva Jovic
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Lea Boskovic
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Selena Janicijevic
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