Abierto Tampico: Marino moves into semi-finals, defeating L. Fernandez
Rebecca Marino won against Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-3 on Friday night. She’ll play Pole Magda Linette, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Rebecca Marino at the 2022 Citi Open
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No 8 seed Rebecca Marino advanced to the last four of the Abierto Tampico by beating No 3 seed Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-3 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Friday night.
Marino, ranked No 72, will face Pole Magda Linette, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Rebecca Marino won against Russian Varvara Flink (6-3, 7-5) and Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 6-3).
Fernandez, ranked No 40, defeated American Elizabeth Mandlik (7-6 (8), 6-2) and Chinese Xiaodi You (6-3, 6-2) in the previous rounds.
Tampico WTA 125, other last eight results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto : Thursday in Tampino
- Lin Zhu (6) beat Katerina Siniakova (4): 6-4, 7-5
- Magda Linette beat Elise Mertens (1): 7-5, 6-2
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