Palermo Open: Parry books spot in last 8
Diane Parry won against Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Frenchwoman Diane Parry beat Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the second seed, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 8 of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Thursday evening.
Parry, ranked No 86, will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round, the 19-year-old Frenchman won against American Lauren Davis (7-6 (5), 6-2).
Putintseva, ranked No 39, defeated Australian lucky loser Jaimee Fourlis (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round.
Palerme WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8) beat Julia Grabher (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Shuai Zhang vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Oceane Dodin: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Anna Bondar (7) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-2, 6-4
