The two Frenchwomen qualified for the quarter-finals of the 250 tournament on clay, like Clara Burel earlier this Thursday.
Diane Parry who beats Danka Kovinic, Clara Burel who offers the American Emma Navarro, Alizé Cornet who eliminates Jil Teichman: the second round of the 250 tournament on clay in Lausanne smiled Thursday at the French, who will be three at the rendezvous quarter-finals.
Clara Burel (84th in the world) is the Frenchwoman who achieved the best performance by dominating the American Emma Navarro, seeded N.5 and 53rd in the world, 6-3, 6-3. With six break points converted out of eight procured, the Bretonne was effective on the important points.
The 22-year-old Frenchwoman, titled at the ITF tournament in Montpellier and quarter-finalist in Palermo (250) last week, confirms her good form in July. She will be opposed in the quarter to the Romanian Ana Bogdan (39th), who has just won the ATP 125 tournament in Iasi, in her country, on Sunday.
Diane Parry opened the ball for the French by beating Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 6-4, 7-5.
The 20-year-old Frenchwoman (90th in the world) remained on three defeats in the second round in her three previous tournaments. But against the Montenegrin, a former member of the top 50 today 97th in the world, Parry was also effective, winning three of his five break points.
She will meet in the quarter-finals Alizé Cornet (70th in the world), who concluded the beautiful day of the French women by beating at the end of the day the Swiss Jil Teichman (124th), who offered her a good resistance before yielding 6-1, 1 -6, 6-4.
