Teens Burel, Tauson victorious in Lyon

Teenagers took over at the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Wednesday, as Clara Burel View Profile and Clara Tauson View Profile claimed signature victories.
In an all-French affair on home soil, 19-year-old Burel upset her 5th-seeded compatriot Alizé Cornet, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for her best career win by ranking.
Burel, who reached an ITF Challenger final in Poitiers, France, last week, survived a second-set surge by Cornet to take command in the deciding set, leading 4-0.
However, double faults and and a missed smash by Burel enabled Cornet to pull back to 4-3, before excellent forehand winners by the teenager at last steered her to victory after two hours of play.
Former junior World No.1 Burel will now face Aliaksandra Sasnovich View Profile for a spot in her maiden WTA quarterfinal.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Tauson of Denmark moved into her first-ever WTA quarterfinal with a 6-2, 6-3 second-round win over Timea Babos, charging back from early breaks down in each set to triumph in just 71 minutes.
Former top-ranked junior Tauson, who won a junior Grand Slam title at the 2019 Australian Open, dominated behind her first delivery against former Top 30 player Babos. Tauson won 79 percent of her first-service points, punctuating her win with an ace to convert match point.
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In her maiden WTA quarterfinal, Tauson will face another player who has cracked the Top 30 -- hard-hitting Italian Camila Giorgi, who eked past Nina Stojanovic View Profile 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(5), in their second-round encounter.
In other matches at Lyon on Wednesday, No.2 seed Fiona Ferro advanced to the quarterfinals after Tereza Martincova retired while trailing 6-2, 4-1, and qualifier Viktorija Golubic View Profile won her first-round match against Vera Lapko, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.