Nordea Open: Trevisan beats Chirico to move into final

Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 7 seed, edged out American Louisa Chirico 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the final of the Nordea Open on Friday.

Trevisan, ranked No 89, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz and American Ann Li next.

The Italian beat Australian Astra Sharma (5-7, 7-5, 6-3), Romanian Miriam Bulgaru (6-4, 6-4) and Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the top seed (6-2, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the week.

In the previous rounds, Chirico, ranked No 216, won against Mexican Renata Zarazua, the No 8 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-2), Thai Mananchaya Sawangkaew (6-2, 6-3) and Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska (6-2, 6-2).