Rouen Open: Parrizas Diaz into last eight
Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Marina Bassols Ribera 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 5 seed, and Hungarian Dalma Galfi in the next round
Nuria Parrizas Diaz moved into the last 8 of the Rouen Open by winning against Marina Bassols Ribera 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2 at Palais des sports de Rouen on Thursday.
Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 132, will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 5 seed, and Hungarian Dalma Galfi next.
Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Australian qualifier Astra Sharma (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rouen tournament.
In the previous round of the Rouen tournament, Bassols Ribera, ranked No 111, defeated Frenchwoman Clara Burel, the second seed (7-5, 6-4).
Rouen WTA 125, other second-round results (Palais des sports de Rouen, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Tiphanie Lemaitre
- Alize Cornet vs. Dalma Galfi
- Fiona Ferro (WC) beat Aliona Bolsova: 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3
- Jodie Burrage (4) beat Alice Robbe (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 6-1
- Jaqueline Cristian (7) beat Celine Naef: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Greet Minnen (1) beat Simona Waltert: 6-2, 6-3