Palermo Open: Bronzetti moves into semi-finals
Lucia Bronzetti won against Caroline Garcia 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Friday night and will play Italian Jasmine Paolini in the next round
Italian Lucia Bronzetti beat Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Friday night.
Bronzetti, ranked No 78, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini next.
The Italian won against Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 6-3) and Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan (6-1, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Garcia, ranked No 48, defeated Chloe Paquet (6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2) and edged out Italian wildcard Elisabetta Cocciaretto (0-6, 6-3, 6-4).
Palerme WTA 250, other last 8 results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Jasmine Paolini beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2
- Irina-Camelia Begu (6) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 6-3
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Anna Bondar (7): 6-2, 6-3
