Cali Open: Colmegna makes last eight
Martina Colmegna won against Yuliana Lizarazo 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday night and will play Colombian wildcard Emiliana Arango in the next round
Italian qualifier Martina Colmegna advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cali Open by beating Colombian wildcard Yuliana Lizarazo 7-5, 6-4 at the Club Campestre de Cali on Thursday night.
Colmegna, ranked No 401, will face Colombian wildcard Emiliana Arango next.
The Italian won against Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle, the No 4 seed (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Cali tournament, Lizarazo, ranked No 383, benefited from the abandonment of American Whitney Osuigwe (4-2).
Cali WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Club Campestre de Cali, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Emiliana Arango beat Renata Zarazua: 6-3, 6-3
- Valeriya Strakhova beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
- Nadia Podoroska beat Carole Monnet: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Laura Pigossi (2) beat Raluka Serban: 6-2, 6-3
- Elvina Kalieva beat Nuria Brancaccio: 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
- Fernanda Contreras Gomez (8) beat Xiaodi You: 6-2, 6-0
- Paula Ormaechea beat Aliona Bolsova (3): 7-6 (4), 6-3
