Palermo Open: Bronzetti books spot in quarter-finals
Lucia Bronzetti won against Elina Avanesyan 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will play Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Italian Lucia Bronzetti reached the quarter-finals of the Palermo Open by beating Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan 6-1, 6-3 at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Thursday evening.
Bronzetti, ranked No 78, will play Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, next.
The Italian won against Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round.
In the first round, Avanesyan, ranked No 129, defeated Brazilian lucky loser Carolina M. Alves (6-2, 5-7, 6-1).
Palerme WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Caroline Garcia beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Diane Parry beat Yulia Putintseva (2): 6-3, 6-4
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8) beat Julia Grabher (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Shuai Zhang vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Irina-Camelia Begu (6) beat Oceane Dodin: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Anna Bondar (7) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-2, 6-4
