Monastir Open: Cornet moves into last eight

Alize Cornet defeated Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 6 seed, and Slovenian Tamara Zidansek in the next round

Alize Cornet Tunisia 2022 Imago / Panoramic

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 3 seed, defeated Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Monastir Open at the Monastir Tennis Club on Wednesday afternoon.

Cornet, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 6 seed, and Slovenian Tamara Zidansek next.

Ahead of her victory, the Frenchwoman won against Brazilian Laura Pigossi (7-6 (3), 6-0).

Dart, ranked No 96, beat Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia.

Monastir WTA 250, other second-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

  • Magdalena Frech vs. Veronika Kudermetova
  • Anastasia Potapova vs. Tamara Zidansek
  • Petra Martic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
  • Ons Jabeur vs. Evgeniya Rodina
  • Despina Papamichail vs. Elise Mertens
  • Diane Parry beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-3, 1-0 ret.
  • Claire Liu beat Katerina Siniakova (7): 7-5, 6-2

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