the french Alize Cornet, third favourite, and Belgian Elise Mertens, fifth, kept their respective commitments and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Tunisian tournament where the Czech Katerina Siniakova, seventh, had a bye.
Cornet was unbeaten to beat Britain’s Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 and awaits the winner of the clash between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Slovakian Tamara Zidansek.
More problems befell Mertens who needed a comeback to straighten out her commitment against Greek Despina Papamichail (5-7, 6-1 and 6-2). after two and a half hours. The Belgian will play the winner of the match between Croatian Petra Martic, fourth seed, and Japanese Moyuka Uchijima.
the czech Siniakova, however, did not fulfill her condition as the favorite. She lost against the American Claire Liu (7-5 and 6-2) and could be a rival of the great attraction of the tournament, the local Ons Jabeur, who was seeded first, before surpassing the Russian Evgeniya Rodina.
The day ended with the victory of French Diane Parry against Italian Lucrezia Stefanini by 6-3, 1-0 and abandonment.. Gala awaits a rival in the quarterfinals. It will appear in the match between the Polish Magdalena Frech and the Russian Veronika Kudermetova, second seeded.
Source: La Verdad
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