Abierto Tampico: Cocciaretto reaches final, Linette next

Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto reached the final of the Abierto Tampico by winning against Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (4) at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Friday.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 79, will play fifth seed Magda Linette, of Poland, who defeated eighth seed Rebecca Marino, of Canada, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second semi-final.

The 21-year-old Italian had defeated Canadian Carol Zhao (6-0, 6-3), Czech Marie Bouzkova, the second seed (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) and Colombian Camila Osorio, the No 7 seed (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2) in the earlier rounds.

Meanwhile, Zhu, ranked No 62, had beaten Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 3-6, 6-0), Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-1, 6-2) and Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 4 seed (6-4, 7-5) to reach the last four.

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