Parma Open: Kovinic moves into second round
Danka Kovinic edged out Oceane Dodin 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 on Tuesday. She’ll play American Sloane Stephens, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Danka Kovinic, 2022 Australian Open | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Montenegrin Danka Kovinic reached the second round of the Parma Open by edging out Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 at the Tennis Club Parma on Tuesday.
Kovinic, ranked No 78, will face American Sloane Stephens, the No 4 seed, next.
Parma WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
- Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
- Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier: tuesday
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: tuesday
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (7): 7-5, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 6-3
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 6-4
- Maryna Zanevska beat Lucia Bronzetti (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Dalma Galfi beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Lauren Davis beat Sara Errani (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (1) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Reka Luca Jani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan (6) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
- Sloane Stephens beat Magdalena Frech: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
