Grand Est Open: Ferro into last eight, meets Bucsa next
The Frenchwoman edged out compatriot Diane Parry 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday
Sep 2, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Fiona Ferro of France serves against Iga Swiatek of Poland in a second round match on day four of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. || 205440_0222 2021 ATP NPStrans sport tennis toppic us us open USA USA TODAY Sports WTA
Wildcard Fiona Ferro edged out No 6 seed Diane Parry 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the last eight of the Grand Est Open at Tennis Club de Contrexéville in Contréxeville on Thursday.
Ferro, ranked No 301, will face Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, the second seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Fiona Ferro beat Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (7-5, 0-6, 6-2).
Parry, ranked No 96, won against Kristina Mladenovic (6-3, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Contréxeville tournament.
Contréxeville WTA 125K Series, other last 16 results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Sara Errani vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
- Rosa Vicens Mas vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Cristina Bucsa beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC): 6-0, 6-0
- Eva Lys beat Clara Burel (7): 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Arantxa Rus (4) beat Erika Andreeva: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Hailey Baptiste: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Anna-Lena Friedsam (5) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 6-0, 7-6 (5)
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