Parma Open: Begu reaches second round
Irina-Camelia Begu benefited from the abandonment of Viktoriya Tomova (7-5, 5-1) on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between Italian wildcard Matilde Paoletti and Romanian lucky loser Gabriela Lee in the next round
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Parma Open when Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova retired at the Tennis Club Parma on Tuesday afternoon.
Begu, ranked No 33, led 7-5, 5-1 when Tomova, ranked No 93, pulled out on Tuesday at the Tennis Club Parma.
The Romanian will play the winner of the match between Italian wildcard Matilde Paoletti and Romanian lucky loser Gabriela Lee next.
Parma WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
- Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
- Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif: tuesday
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier: tuesday
- Danka Kovinic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (7): 7-5, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 6-3
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 6-4
- Maryna Zanevska beat Lucia Bronzetti (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Dalma Galfi beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Lauren Davis beat Sara Errani (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (1) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Reka Luca Jani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan (6) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
- Sloane Stephens (4) beat Magdalena Frech: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
