Italian tennis player Lucia Bronzetti is the first of the seeds to be out of the WTA 250 Parma Ladies Open. The Italian lost in the first round to the Belgian Maryna Zanevska by 0-2 (3:6, 2:6) in less than an hour and a half.
The first set was driven with breaks and only 3 out of the 9 games played were won by the server. However, Maryna Zanevska made two breaks more to win the game by 6:3.
The second set started with an advantage for Lucia Bronzetti, who took a lead with 2:1 and a break, but Maryna Zanevska did not gave any chance to her opponent by the end of the set and won 5 consecutive games to close the match.
Thus, in the second round, Maryna Zanevska will face Dalma Galfi (Hungary), who defeated the Russian teenager Erika Andreeva by 2-0 (6:1, 6:2).
In another match today, the qualifier Simona Waltert defeated Tamara Zidansek by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4).
Yesterday, the top-seeded Maria Sakkari took a hard win versus Kateryna Baindl by 2-1 (6:7, 6:2, 6:3) after 2:46 hours of play. The 4th-seeded Sloane Stephens also advanced to the second round after a victory over Magdalena Frech by 2-1 (3:6, 6:3, 6:4). The 6th-seeded Romanian Ana Bogdan qualified for the second round after a victory over Laura Pigossi (Brazil) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:2).
