Monastir Open: Parry through to quarter-finals
Diane Parry benefited from the abandonment of Lucrezia Stefanini (6-3, 1-0) on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the second seed, in the next round
Frenchwoman Diane Parry advanced to the quarter-finals of the Monastir Open when Italian qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini retired on Wednesday at the Monastir Tennis Club.
Parry, ranked No 65, led 6-3, 1-0 when Stefanini, ranked No 152, pulled out on Wednesday afternoon at the Monastir Tennis Club.
The 20-year-old Frenchman will face the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the second seed, next.
In the previous round, Parry won against lucky loser Harmony Tan (6-4, 2-6, 6-1), while Italian Stafanini edged out Pole Magda Linette, the No 8 seed (2-6, 6-4, 6-4).
Monastir WTA 250, other second-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Petra Martic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Ons Jabeur vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Despina Papamichail vs. Elise Mertens
- Harriet Dart vs. Alize Cornet
- Claire Liu beat Katerina Siniakova (7): 7-5, 6-2
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