Montevideo Open: Montgomery breezes past In-Albon to make last four
Robin Montgomery beat Ylena In-Albon 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night. She’ll face Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the top seed, in the next round
American Robin Montgomery reached the last four of the Montevideo Open by winning against Swiss Ylena In-Albon 6-2, 6-1 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club.
Montgomery, ranked No 218, will face Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 19-year-old American beat Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz (7-6 (5), 6-3) and Argentinian Martina Capurro Taborda, the No 3 seed (6-1, 6-3).
In-Albon, ranked No 275, won against American Raveena Kingsley (6-3, 6-3) and Russian Daria Lodikova (6-2, 7-6 (4)) earlier in the tournament.
Montevideo WTA 125, other last-eight results (Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Diane Parry beat Solana Sierra (7): 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Maria Lourdes Carle (5) beat Julia Riera (4): 6-4, 6-0
- Renata Zarazua (2) beat Miriam Bulgaru (6): 6-2, 6-2