Open BLS de Limoges: Parrizas Diaz through to semi-finals
Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-2 on Friday evening and will play Swiss Viktorija Golubic, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the No 6 seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the Open BLS de Limoges by winning against American Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-2 on Friday evening.
Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 100, will play Swiss Viktorija Golubic, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the 33-year-old Spaniard edged out Swiss Jil Teichmann (6-4, 3-6, 7-5) and defeated Austrian wildcard Lilli Tagger (6-1, 6-3).
Lepchenko, ranked No 134, edged out French wildcard Margaux Rouvroy (6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4) and beat Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 4 seed (6-0, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.
