Trophée Clarins: France’s Parry downs Noskova to reach semi-finals

Frenchwoman Diane Parry reached the last four of the Trophée Clarins by winning against Czech Linda Noskova, the No 4 seed, 7-5, 6-2 at the Lagardère Paris Racing on Friday afternoon.

Parry, ranked No 109, will face second seed Varvara Gracheva next.

The 20-year-old Frenchman edged out wildcard Selena Janicijevic (1-6, 6-2, 6-4) and defeated Chinese Yue Yuan (6-2, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Noskova, ranked No 54, edged out French lucky loser Elsa Jacquemot (6-1, 2-6, 6-4) and won against Canadian Katherine Sebov (7-5, 6-2).

Paris WTA 125K Series, other quarter-final results (Lagardère Paris Racing, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Alize Cornet
• Varvara Gracheva beat Kamilla Rakhimova (9): 6-2, 7-5
• Catherine McNally (6) beat Nao Hibino: 6-2, 5-3 ret.