Abierto Tampico: Cocciaretto moves into semi-finals
Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeated Camila Osorio 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Friday night and will play Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto moved into the semi-finals of the Abierto Tampico by beating Colombian Camila Osorio, the No 7 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Friday night.
Cocciaretto, ranked No 79, will face Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the 21-year-old Italian won against Canadian Carol Zhao (6-0, 6-3) and edged out Czech Marie Bouzkova, the second seed (2-6, 6-3, 7-5).
Osorio, ranked No 86, defeated Japanese Nao Hibino (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) and Eva Vedder (6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
Tampico WTA 125, other last 8 results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Rebecca Marino (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (3): 6-3, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Katerina Siniakova (4): 6-4, 7-5
- Magda Linette (5) beat Elise Mertens (1): 7-5, 6-2