The Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia, witnessed top seed Jasmine Paolini from Italy narrowly secure a second-round victory against Croatia’s Petra Marcinko with a final score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Paolini capitalized on Marcinko’s seven double faults, including three in the deciding set, and won four consecutive games to clinch the match in one hour and 57 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Paolini will face her fellow countrywoman, the sixth seed Lucia Bronzetti.
Fourth seed Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine claimed victory over American Claire Liu with a score of 6-1, 7-5. France’s Clara Burel, seeded eighth, overcame Russia’s Erika Andreeva in a grueling match that ended 6-0, 5-7, 7-6 (2). Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain staged a comeback, defeating Katarina Zavatska of Ukraine 4-6, 7-5, 7-2.
At the Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, fifth seed Ana Bogdan faced a tough challenge but emerged victorious against Nikola Bartunkova of the Czech Republic. Bogdan staged a comeback, winning the match 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in a contest that lasted three hours and 12 minutes. Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania secured a victory against Hungary’s Anna Bondar with a score of 7-6 (4), 6-2. Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch overcame Great Britain’s No. 8 seed Jodie Burrage with a score of 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Emiliana Arango of Colombia and Eva Lys of Germany also progressed with wins in their second-round matches.
In the Jiangxi Open in Nanchang, China, Camila Osorio from Colombia defeated the eighth seed, Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, with a score of 6-4, 7-5, advancing to the quarterfinals. Osorio will next face No. 3 seed Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, who won her match against Amina Anshba of Russia 7-5, 6-0. Japan’s Nao Hibino secured a win over Australia’s Kimberly Birrell with a score of 6-3, 7-5. In another match, Russia’s Diana Shnaider was leading 6-3, 0-1 when her countrywoman Vera Zvonareva had to retire.
