Kawa, ranked No. 143 in the world, had little trouble as she
converted five of nine break points and won 64 percent of her
first-serve points (27 of 42) against Begu to advance to the
quarterfinals.
Another seeded player went down when Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova
beat No. 6 seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 9 seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain, Maryna Zanevska of
Belgium and Ekaterine Gorgodze of Georgia also won.
Palermo Ladies Open
Top seed Danielle Collins tallied eight aces and converted six
of eight break points to defeat Australia's Maddison Inglis 6-4,
6-1, and move into the quarters in Palermo, Italy.
The American will meet Australian No. 7 seed Astra Sharma after
Sharma got by Russia's Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-4, 7-5.
No. 4 seed Shuai Zhang of China ousted American Francesca Di
Lorenzo 6-1, 6-2 in just an hour and eight minutes, and Olga
Danilovic of Serbia outlasted Katarina Zavatska 7-6 (4), 7-5 in
two hours and 27 minutes.
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