Abierto Tampico: Cocciaretto moves into last eight
Elisabetta Cocciaretto edged out Marie Bouzkova 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play Colombian Camila Osorio, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto moved into the quarter-finals of the Abierto Tampico by edging out Czech Marie Bouzkova, the second seed, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Wednesday evening.
Cocciaretto, ranked No 79, will face Colombian Camila Osorio, the No 7 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Italian won against Canadian Carol Zhao (6-0, 6-3).
Bouzkova, ranked No 28, beat Russian Elina Avanesyan (7-6 (4), 6-3) in the previous round.
Tampico WTA 125, other second-round results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Xiaodi You
- Elise Mertens vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Renata Zarazua vs. Magda Linette
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Rebecca Marino: wednesday
- Lin Zhu (6) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-1, 6-2
- Camila Osorio beat Eva Vedder: 6-3, 6-2