Palermo Open: Paolini into quarter-finals
Jasmine Paolini benefited from the forfeit of Shuai Zhang on Thursday night and will play the winner of the match between Austrian lucky loser Julia Grabher and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Italian Jasmine Paolini advanced to the quarter-finals of the Palermo Open after Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed, withdrew before the match at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Thursday night.
Paolini, ranked No 61, will play the winner of the match between Austrian lucky loser Julia Grabher and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the No 8 seed, next.
The Italian won against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6-3, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Zhang, ranked No 36, defeated Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova (7-6 (3), 7-6 (7)).
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
- 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
