Jasmin Open: Tsurenko downs Liu to make last eight
Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu 6-1, 7-5 on Thursday evening and will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the next round
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Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 4 seed, won against American Claire Liu 6-1, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Jasmin Open at the Skanes Family Hotel Monastir on Thursday evening.
Tsurenko, ranked No 34, will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next.
The 34-year-old Ukrainian beat French qualifier Chloe Paquet (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Monastir tournament.
During the first round of the Monastir tournament, Liu, ranked No 92, defeated Emina Bektas (6-2, 7-6 (5)).
Monastir WTA 250, other second-round results (Skanes Family Hotel Monastir, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Katarina Zavatska (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini (1) beat Petra Marcinko (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Clara Burel (8) beat Erika Andreeva (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 7-6 (2)
- Lucrezia Stefanini beat Katarzyna Kawa (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Mai Hontama beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
- Elise Mertens (2) beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-3, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti (6) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-4
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