Palermo Open: Parry comes through Teichmann test to make quarter-finals
Diane Parry beat Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 and will face the winner of the match between Chloe Paquet and Maria Lourdes Carle in the next round
Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the No 4 seed, beat Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club.
Parry, ranked No 58, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet and Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle next.
The 21-year-old Frenchman edged out Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Palermo tournament.
In the previous round of the Palermo tournament, Teichmann, ranked No 211, won against Serb qualifier Mia Ristic (6-1, 6-1).
Palermo WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Petra Martic
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Erika Andreeva vs. Ann Li
- Chloe Paquet vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Astra Sharma vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Noma Noha Akugue vs. Karolina Muchova: wednesday
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Arantxa Rus (5): 6-2, 7-5