Monterrey Open: Cocciaretto advances to QF clash against Mertens

Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open by beating German Tatjana Maria 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) at the Estadio GNP Seguros on Thursday.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 49 in the world, will play Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Italian defeated Spanish lucky loser Marina Bassols Ribera (7-5, 6-2).

Maria, ranked No 73, won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Monterrey tournament.

Monterrey WTA 250, other second-round results (Estadio GNP Seguros, hard, USD 259,303)

• Caroline Garcia (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-3, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Mayar Sherif (7) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Caroline Dolehide (Q) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-2, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (3) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3
• Lin Zhu (5) beat Rebecca Marino: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3

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