Parma Open: Waltert reaches second round
Simona Waltert beat Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 5 seed, and Egyptian Mayar Sherif in the next round
Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert moved into the second round of the Parma Open by winning against Slovenian Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-4 at the Tennis Club Parma on Tuesday night.
Waltert, ranked No 120, will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 5 seed, and Egyptian Mayar Sherif next.
Parma WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
- Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Jule Niemeier
- Anna Bondar vs. Mayar Sherif
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Danka Kovinic vs. Oceane Dodin
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz: tuesday
- Arantxa Rus vs. Panna Udvardy: tuesday
- Maryna Zanevska beat Lucia Bronzetti (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Dalma Galfi beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Lauren Davis beat Sara Errani (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (1) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Reka Luca Jani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan (6) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
- Sloane Stephens (4) beat Magdalena Frech: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
