All four seeds who played their second-round matches at the Abierto GNP Seguros on Thursday moved into the quarter-finals. Top seed Caroline Garcia was also among these. The Frenchwoman beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-3, 6-2 in 62 minutes.
Garcia hit eight aces and won 79% of her first-serve points. In terms of second-serve points, Garcia won 67% of her second-serve points and 77% points on return on the Spaniard’s second serve. The world no. 5 did lose her serve once in the match but converted all four break points she had on Parrizas Diaz’s serve.
Abierto GNP Seguros: Mayar Sherif unfazed
The 29-year-old will play seventh seed Mayar Sherif next. The Egyptian needed over two hours and 30 minutes to beat Xinyu Wang 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4. Sherif trailed Wang right up to the second set tie-break.
The Chinese had a chance to serve the match out in the 12th game of the second set but was broken back. In the tie-break, Sherif faced two match points with Wang leading 6-4 but saved both to clinch the tie-break and the set to level the match.
In the final set, Wang saved three match points of her own before Sherif secured the win on the fourth. Fourth seed Elise Mertens also needed three sets to get a place in the quarters. The Belgian won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 against Romania’s Elena-Gabriela…
