Midland Open: Parks breezes past Monnet to move into quarter-finals
Alycia Parks beat Carole Monnet 6-3, 6-2. It will play the winner of the match between Ashlyn Krueger, the No 5 seed, and Katherine Sebov in the next round
American Alycia Parks, the No 3 seed, moved into the last eight of the Midland Open by winning against Frenchwoman Carole Monnet 6-3, 6-2 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.
Parks, ranked No 54, will face the winner of the match between American Ashlyn Krueger, the No 5 seed, and Canadian Katherine Sebov next.
In the previous round of the Midland tournament, the 22-year-old American defeated Ann Li (6-2, 6-1).
Carole Monnet benefited from the abandonment of Belarusian Iryna Shymanovich (6-4) in the previous round of the Midland tournament.
Midland WTA 125, other second-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Tatiana Prozorova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Jana Fett vs. Rebecca Marino
- Katrina Scott vs. Emina Bektas
- Emma Navarro vs. Robin Anderson
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Peyton Stearns
- Taylor Townsend vs. Yulia Starodubtsewa
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katherine Sebov: wednesday