2012 Michelle Larcher de Brito

larcher de brito @ 2012 fed cup in israel

this followed participation in fed cup in february. after straight sets-loss elena baltacha, portugal s overall 3–0 loss great britain, larcher de brito, 99 places lower israeli opponent shahar pe er, played solid baseline game , capitalised on israeli s errors register straight set-thrashing of home favourite. beat michaëlla krajicek , dia evtimova portugal achieve fifth place in europe/africa group. after that, @ $25,000 itf event in surprise, arizona, larcher de brito won third career title, defeating world number 172 claire feuerstein in final.

in april, playing in qualifying phase @ charleston, larcher de brito won in first qualifying round alexandra stevenson. in second round, lost karolína plíšková. week later, @ $25,000 itf event in pelham, larcher de brito lost edina gallovits-hall in semifinals, after defeating julia boserup in first round , young australian sacha jones in quarterfinals.

in may, playing in qualifying phase @ brussels, larcher de brito won in first qualifying round ysaline bonaventure. in second round, lost world number 98 arantxa rus. week later, failed qualify main draw @ french open, losing tatjana malek in first qualifying round.

in june, reached second round in $75,000 itf tournament in nottingham, lost elena baltacha, after winning 3 matches in qualifying , defeating ayumi morita in first round. week later, playing in qualifying phase @ birmingham, larcher de brito won in first qualifying round līga dekmeijere. in second round, defeated chan yung-jan , qualified tournament main draw. won in first round, defeating bojana jovanovski in 3 sets. in second round, lost melanie oudin. followed first round victory in qualifying phase @ wimbledon against ajla tomljanović. in second round, lost karolína plíšková.

in july, michelle received wild card bank of west classic in stanford. in first round won 11 straight games 7–5, 2–0 down , knocked out jarmila gajdošová. in second round, lost sixth seed chanelle scheepers. week later, playing in qualifying phase @ mercury insurance open in san diego, beat julia boserup in first round. in second round defeated melanie oudin , qualified tournament main draw. in first round, lost misaki doi. followed first round victory in qualifying phase @ washington against alessondra parra. in second record defeated gabriela paz , qualified tournament main draw. larcher de brito battled past croat mirjana lučić-baroni in three-set thriller. had endure short delay because of temperatures rising unplayable levels, came out victorious against german-born lučić labour second round. broke rival s serve twice , jumped 5–1 lead. apart wasting chance of serving out opening set breadstick, larcher de brito plucked serve once more , clicked opener 6–3 win. lučić-baroni re-focused in follow-up set , got in action. earned critical break in fourth game , leaped 4–1 lead. croat held remaining serves poise , sealed equalizer winning 6 games two. larcher de brito regained strength in final set, after lučić-baroni held serve in second game, portuguese unleashed form , went on five-game streak, subsequently pulling out decider breadstick. in second round, lost world number 50 sloane stephens.

in august, @ rogers cup, larcher de brito won first round of qualifying against kristina mladenovic in straight sets. in second round, defeated barbora záhlavová-strýcová. in final round, defeated lučić-baroni qualify main draw. in first round proper, lost simona halep. later, won first round of qualifying @ open, beating ekaterina dzehalevich. lost, however, elina svitolina in second round.

in september, lost in first round of bell challenge, petra rampre. later, reached semifinal @ $75,000 itf event in albuquerque, new mexico, losing maria sanchez in straight sets despite saving 7 match points.

in october, reached semifinals of $25,000 itf event in troy, losing sharon fichman after saving 5 match points.