Palermo Open: Begu reaches quarter-finals
Irina-Camelia Begu edged out Oceane Dodin 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Diane Parry and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the second seed, in the next round
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 6 seed, edged out Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the last 8 of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Wednesday evening.
Begu, ranked No 45, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Diane Parry and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the second seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Romanian won against Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera (6-3, 4-6, 6-3).
Dodin, ranked No 77, beat Italian qualifier Matilde Paoletti (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round.
Palerme WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
- Diane Parry vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Julia Grabher vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Shuai Zhang vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Anna Bondar (7) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-2, 6-4
