Parma Open: Stephens moves into second round

Sloane Stephens edged out Magdalena Frech 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin in the next round

Sloane Stephens | © (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)

Tennis Majors

September 26, 2022

American Sloane Stephens, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Parma Open by edging out Pole Magdalena Frech 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Tennis Club Parma on Monday.

Stephens, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin next.

Parma WTA 250, other first-round matches (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):

Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
Simona Waltert vs. Tamara Zidansek
Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif
Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier
Danka Kovinic vs. Oceane Dodin
Maryna Zanevska vs. Lucia Bronzetti
Dalma Galfi vs. Erika Andreeva
Arantxa Rus vs. Panna Udvardy
Sara Errani vs. Lauren Davis
Maria Sakkari vs. Kateryna Baindl
Reka Luca Jani vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Ana Bogdan vs. Laura Pigossi

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Parma Open: Stephens moves into second round

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