Eva Lys vs Nadia Podoroska — R16 — SP Open

Nadia Podoroska, ranked WTA No. 317, beat fifth seed Eva Lys 7-5, 6-2 in the round of 16 at the SP Open in São Paulo. The betting market had made Lys, the WTA No. 99, a 63 percent favorite. Serve was the vulnerable side for both of them across 1 hour 44 minutes. Lys held twice in ten service games, Podoroska five times in ten, and the opening set alone contained eight breaks. Podoroska converted all four break points she earned in that set before closing it 7-5. The trading continued after the interval. Podoroska broke in the first game, Lys broke back in the second, and serve changed hands again in games three, four and five. Podoroska broke once more in game seven for 5-2. Lys won 12 percent of her first-serve points in that set and finished the match with 15 double faults. Opportunities were not what Lys lacked. She created more break points than Podoroska, 14 to 10, and converted 36 percent of them against Podoroska's 80 percent. Podoroska, a 29-year-old Argentine, began the season at WTA No. 918; her current No. 317 is her peak for 2026. It is her second win of the week after a straight-sets result against Lucrezia Stefanini. She meets Suzan Lamens, then WTA No. 182, in the quarterfinals.