WTA 500 in Strasbourg: Parry eliminated by Samsonova, Rybakina advances
The last French player in the running at the WTA 500 tournament in Strasbourg was on the program this Tuesday. Diane Parry, who dropped out of the top 100 after being sidelined by a knee injury in recent months, faced Liudmila Samsonova for a spot in the quarter-finals.
The player from Nice had eliminated Leylah Fernandez (7-5, 7-6) in the previous round and faced the world No. 19, who had eliminated Linda Noskova (6-1, 7-5) earlier in the week.
In this match that lasted two hours, Parry did not underperform, but ended up losing (6-4, 6-4). Despite a break-back in the middle of the second set, she couldn't hold her serve in the following game.
Samsonova advances to the quarter-finals and will face Paula Badosa, who qualified earlier in the day after the quick withdrawal of Marie Bouzkova. Another player advancing to the quarters is Elena Rybakina.
The Kazakh player won easily against Wang Xinyu in under an hour (6-1, 6-3) and will challenge Magda Linette, who confidently defeated Rebecca Sramkova (6-4, 6-3) earlier in the day.
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