Palermo Open: Paolini through to semi-finals
Jasmine Paolini won against Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2 on Friday evening and will play the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Italian Jasmine Paolini won against Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the No 8 seed, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the last four of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Friday evening.
Paolini, ranked No 61, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, next.
The Italian beat Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6-3, 6-1) and Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed (W/O) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 54, edged out American qualifier Asia Muhammad (4-6, 7-5, 7-5) and defeated Austrian lucky loser Julia Grabher (6-2, 6-4).
Palerme WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Caroline Garcia
- Irina-Camelia Begu (6) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 6-3
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Anna Bondar (7): 6-2, 6-3
